Pāli Dictionary

devala

divrootlasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

div3shine


general

  • Devala, name of an ascetic (also borne by several other figures, incl. a Pacceka Buddha and a chief disciple)

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Devala
Person
  • An ascetic who cursed a fellow hermit, Nārada (the Bodhisatta), for accidentally treading on him twice, and was later identified with the monk Thulla-Tissa.

Devala2
Other
  • See Kāḷadevala, under whose name this figure’s story is given.

Devala3
Person
  • A cousin of the Buddha Padumuttara who became his chief disciple, the recipient with his brother Sujāta of that Buddha’s first sermon.

Devala4
Person
  • An ascetic in the Himavā who, before the Buddha Padumuttara’s birth, built a shrine and made offerings in anticipation of his coming, later reborn in the Brahma world as a previous existence of the elder Sirimatthera.

Devala5
Person
  • A Pacceka Buddha who was once insulted, while riding an elephant, by a prince later reborn as Upāli, an act that caused Upāli’s low-caste birth in his final life.

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