Pāli Dictionary

Mendasira

Person

Also known as Mendasīsa

Một vị trưởng lão A-la-hán ở Sāketa được đặt biệt danh vì cái đầu hình cừu đực của mình, người đã gia nhập Tăng đoàn sau khi nghe Đức Phật thuyết pháp tại Añjanavana, và trong một tiền kiếp dưới thời Đức Phật Vipassī, đã là một ẩn sĩ dâng hoa sen gần núi Gotama.

v.l. Mendasīsa.– An Arahant Thera. He was born in the family of a burgher of Sāketa and was so called because his head resembled that of a ram. When the Buddha was staying in Añjanavana in Sāketa, Mendasira heard him teach and entered the Order, attaining Arahantship in due course.

In the time of Vipassī Buddha, he lived near Mount Gotama in Himavā with a large following of ascetics. There they met the Buddha and offered him lotus flowers. Fifty-one world-cycles ago he was a king named Januttama (Jaluttama) (Thag.78; ThagA.i.171 f). He is evidently to be identified with Padumapūjaka of the Apadāna. Ap.i.102 f.

Thag 1.78

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