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Janasāna (Jarasāna
Person一位邪命外道,從阿育王之母孕期異常喜好中預言了其子未來的榮耀;預言應驗後受召赴宮,他卻在途中出家,終證阿羅漢果。
An Ājīvaka ascetic who predicted the future glory of Asoka from his mother’s pregnancy cravings; summoned to court after the prediction proved true, he instead entered the Order en route and attained Arahantship.
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