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Kaḷāramatthaka
Person毘舍离一名裸行苦行者,以严守多项苦行誓愿而深受跋耆人敬重,因傲慢对待一名求教者,佛陀预言他终将破戒失名,后果然应验。
A naked ascetic of Vesāli held in high esteem by the Vajjī for his strict vows of asceticism, whose disrespectful treatment of a questioner led the Buddha to predict his eventual fall from these vows and from fame, exactly as it came to pass.
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