Pāli Dictionary

nakulapitar

nakulastempitarsuffix

via inflected form nakulapitā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • नकुलपिता (नकुल का पिता), बुद्ध का गृहस्थ महाश्रावक, विश्वासपात्रता में अग्रगण्य

  • Nakulapitā, ‘father of Nakula’, a householder and great lay disciple of the Buddha, foremost in trustworthiness/intimacy

  • SN 22.1

    idam'avoca āyasmā sāriputto. attamano nakulapitā gahapati āyasmato sāriputtassa bhāsitaṃ abhinandī'ti.

  • AN 1.257

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ upāsakānaṃ vissāsakānaṃ yadidaṃ nakulapitā gahapatī'ti.

Encyclopedia

Nakulapitā
Person

  • सुंसुमारगिरि का एक गृहस्थ, जिसे अपनी पत्नी नकुलमाता के साथ बुद्ध द्वारा सबसे समर्पित गृहस्थ शिष्य घोषित किया गया, क्योंकि वे पाँच सौ पूर्वजन्मों में उनके माता-पिता रह चुके थे।

  • A householder of Suṃsumāragiri who, together with his wife Nakulamātā, was declared by the Buddha to be his most devoted lay disciples, having been his parents in five hundred past lives.

SN 22.1AN 4.55AN 6.16

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