Pāli Dictionary

nāgasamāla

Part of speech

noun · masculine


monastic

  • 那伽娑摩羅,一位阿羅漢比丘,曾一度擔任佛陀的侍者

  • 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

2 entries

  • 釋迦族人,曾一度擔任佛陀的侍者,一次因與佛陀在岔路口意見不合而擅自放下衣鉢離去,途中遭強盜劫掠,後來因觀舞女之美色無常而悟道證得阿羅漢果。

  • 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.

MN 12
  • 《譬喻經》(Apadāna)中與前一位那伽娑摩羅有別的另一位阿羅漢,前世曾在屍棄佛(Sikhī Buddha)塔前獻花,據註疏所載,他也曾一度擔任佛陀的侍者。

  • 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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