Pāli Dictionary

devadatta

devaprefixdattasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • デーヴァダッタ（提婆達多）；仏陀の親族であり仇敵でもある比丘の名。仏陀の暗殺を企て、僧団の分裂を引き起こした。

  • Devadatta; name of a monk, a relative and notorious nemesis of the Buddha who attempted to assassinate him and caused a schism in the Saṅgha.

  • MN 29

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate acirapakkante devadatte. tatra kho bhagavā devadattaṃ ārabbha bhikkhū āmantesi

Encyclopedia

Devadatta
Person

  • 仏陀のいとこで、サキヤ族スッパブッダの子として生まれ、アヌピヤーで出家したが、のちに仏陀の名声に嫉妬し、僧伽の指導権を奪おうと企てた。

  • A cousin of the Buddha, son of the Sakyan Suppabuddha, who entered the Order at Anupiyā but later grew jealous of the Buddha’s fame and attempted to seize leadership of the Saṅgha.

MN 29MN 58AN 8.7Iti 89

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