Pāli Dictionary

nakulapitar

nakulastempitarsuffix

via inflected form nakulapitā · nominative singular / vocative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • 那拘羅父（長者，佛陀在家弟子，以親信第一著稱）

  • 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

  • Suṃsumāragiri 的一位居士，與妻子 Nakulamātā 同被佛陀譽為最親近的在家弟子，據說曾五百世為菩薩雙親。

  • 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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