Pāli Dictionary

bāvarī

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Bāvarī: a brahmin ascetic, teacher of the sixteen students whose questions to the Buddha form the Pārāyana-vagga of the Sutta Nipāta.

  • Snp 5.1

    tam'enaṃ bāvarī disvā, āsanena nimantayi, sukhañ'ca kusalaṃ pucchi, idaṃ vacanam'abravi.

Encyclopedia

Bāvarī
Person

  • A brahmin ascetic living on the banks of the Godhāvarī who, on hearing of the Buddha’s appearance in the world, sent sixteen pupils to Sāvatthi to test his claim to Buddhahood.

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