Mahānāga11
PersonUn moine de Vasālanagara qui, avec son frère Cūḷanāga, renonça au monde, et donna une réponse évasive lorsque leur mère demanda s’ils étaient ses fils, afin de rompre tout attachement mondain.
He and his brother, Cūḷanāga, householders of Vasālanagara, renounced the world and became Arahants. One day, while visiting their own village, they went to their mother’s house for alms. The mother, not quite sure who they were, asked if they were her sons. However, they, not wishing for any bonds of affection, gave an evasive reply. SA.ii.125.
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