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Indaka
Person住在王舍城附近因陀窟(Indakūṭa)的一位夜叉,曾向佛陀请教灵魂如何获得物质形体,佛陀以胚胎自然发育的道理作答,未提及灵魂之说。
A yakkha residing at Indakūṭa near Rājagaha who once questioned the Buddha about how the soul acquires a material form, receiving in reply an explanation of embryonic growth without recourse to a soul.
Indaka2
Person一位天神,因前世曾布施一勺食物给阿那律,福报深厚,转生忉利天后无人能将他从佛陀近旁的座位挤开,与同名的夜叉是不同的两位。
A deva who, as a result of once giving a spoonful of food to Anuruddha, was reborn in Tāvatiṃsa with such great merit that no other god could displace him from his seat near the Buddha, distinct from the yakkha of the same name.
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