Pāli Dictionary

Purāṇa

Person

Ein Mönch aus Dakkhiṇāgiri, der, als man ihn nach dem Ersten Konzil bat, dessen Ergebnisse zu bestätigen, es vorzog, sich stattdessen auf das zu stützen, was er selbst unmittelbar vom Buddha gehört und gelernt hatte

A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. His answer was that he preferred to remember what he himself had heard and learnt from the Buddha. Vin.ii.189 f.

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