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lakuṇḍakabhaddiya

lakuṇḍakaprefixbhaddiyastem

Part of speech

noun

general

  • name of an arahant monk (Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya, a short-statured Thera renowned for his attainment despite his diminutive appearance)

  • SN 21.6

    atha kho āyasmā lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami. addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ lakuṇḍakabhaddiyaṃ dūrato'va āgacchantaṃ. disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi, passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṃ bhikkhuṃ āgacchantaṃ dubbaṇṇaṃ duddasikaṃ okoṭimakaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ paribhūtarūpan'ti?

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Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya
Person

  • A monk of small stature from a wealthy family of Sāvatthi who, admonished by Sāriputta to develop mindfulness of the body, attained arahantship and became renowned for his sweet-voiced teaching.

Thag 7.2

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