Pāli Dictionary

asibandhakaputta

asibandhakaprefixputtastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Asibandhakaputta, a headman (gāmaṇi) who questioned the Buddha near Nāḷandā

  • SN 42.6

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho asibandhakaputto gāmaṇi bhagavantaṃ etadavoca, brāhmaṇā, bhante, pacchā bhūmakā kāmaṇḍalukā sevālamālikā udak'orohakā aggiparicārakā. te mataṃ kālaṅ'kataṃ uyyāpenti nāma saññāpenti nāma saggaṃ nāma okkāmenti.

Encyclopedia

Asibandhakaputta
Person

  • A village headman who questioned the Buddha on whether prayer can secure a good rebirth and on the Nigaṇṭha doctrine that habitual conduct determines destiny, receiving teachings that only one’s own kamma determines rebirth.

SN 42.6SN 42.8·Takes refugeSN 42.9·Takes refuge

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