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Indagutta
Person受 Duṭṭhagāmaṇī 王委托监造阿努拉德普勒大塔(Mahā Thūpa)的一位长老,据说神通广大,曾以铜造巨伞覆盖全塔,并让全岛凡有意前来朝拜落成大典者都能当日往返。
A thera entrusted by King Duṭṭhagāmaṇī with superintending the construction of the Mahā Thūpa at Anurādhapura, credited with great psychic powers including creating a vast copper parasol over the shrine and enabling every islander who wished to attend its dedication to do so and return home the same day.
Indagutta2
Person受托监造阿育王所建八万四千座寺院的一位长老,曾以神通令所有寺院在同一天举行落成典礼,后来因起了骄慢之心而受阿育王温言劝诫,因此醒悟并证得阿罗汉果。
A thera appointed to superintend the construction of the eighty-four thousand monasteries built under King Asoka, who used his psychic power to have all their dedication festivals held on a single day, and who later attained Arahantship after being humbled by the king’s gentle rebuke of his pride.
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