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  • 佛陀的一位傑出在家弟子,已證不還果,曾在舍衛城慷慨供養聚集的大批民眾,因其佈施之豐堪比給孤獨長者,故得「小給孤獨」之別名。

  • An eminent lay disciple of the Buddha and a Non-returner, whose generosity in feeding a vast multitude at Sāvatthi rivalled that of Anāthapiṇḍika, from whom he took his epithet ‘lesser Anāthapiṇḍika.’

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