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Indaka
Person住在王舍城附近因陀窟(Indakūṭa)的一位夜叉,曾向佛陀請教靈魂如何獲得物質形體,佛陀以胚胎自然發育的道理作答,未提及靈魂之說。
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,因前世曾佈施一勺食物給阿那律,福報深厚,轉生忉利天后無人能將他從佛陀近旁的座位擠開,與同名的夜叉是不同的兩位。
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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