Pāli Dictionary
nāgasamāla
Part of speech
noun · masculine
monastic
那伽娑摩罗,一位阿罗汉比丘,曾一度担任佛陀的侍者
Nāgasamāla, an arahant monk who for a time served as the Buddha’s personal attendant
MN 12
tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgasamālo bhagavato piṭṭhito ṭhito hoti bhagavantaṃ bījayamāno.
Encyclopedia
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Nāgasamāla
Person释迦族人,曾一度担任佛陀的侍者,一次因与佛陀在岔路口意见不合而擅自放下衣钵离去,途中遭强盗劫掠,后来因观舞女之美色无常而悟道证得阿罗汉果。
A Sakyan who served for a time as the Buddha’s personal attendant and, after once abandoning the Buddha’s bowl and robe in a dispute over which road to take and being waylaid by brigands, later attained Arahantship upon contemplating a dancing girl’s fleeting beauty.
Nāgasamāla2
Person《譬喻经》(Apadāna)中与前一位那伽娑摩罗有别的另一位阿罗汉,前世曾在尸弃佛(Sikhī Buddha)塔前献花,据注疏所载,他也曾一度担任佛陀的侍者。
An Arahant distinguished in the Apadāna from the preceding Nāgasamāla, said to have offered a flower at Sikhī Buddha’s shrine in a past life and, according to the commentary, to have served for a time as the Buddha’s personal attendant.
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