Pāli Dictionary

nakulapitar

nakulastempitarsuffix

via inflected form nakulapitā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 나꿀라삐따 (나꿀라의 아버지, 붓다의 재가 대제자, 신뢰 제일)

  • 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

  • 아내 나꿀라마따와 함께, 오백 생 동안 부처님의 부모였다는 이유로 부처님에 의해 가장 헌신적인 재가 신자로 선언된 숨수마라기리의 거사.

  • 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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