Vijitasena3
PersonLe fils d’un dresseur d’éléphants du Kosala qui rejoignit l’Ordre sous la tutelle de ses oncles dresseurs d’éléphants après avoir été témoin du Double Miracle du Bouddha, devint Arahant et laissa des vers sur la science des éléphants dans le Theragāthā.
He was born in the family of an elephant-trainer of Kosala, and had two maternal uncles, Sena and Upasena, who were also elephant-trainers and had joined the Order. He saw the Buddha’s Twin Miracle and entered the Order under his uncles, attaining Arahantship in due course. In the time of Atthadassī Buddha he was a hermit and gave the Buddha some fruit (ThagA.i.424 f).
Several verses uttered by him in self-admonition, in which he displays his knowledge of elephant craft, are included in the Theragāthā. Thag. vss. 355-9
He is probably identical with Bhallātakadāyaka of the Apadāna. Ap.ii.398.
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