Pāli Dictionary

pārāsariya

Part of speech

noun · masculine

monastic

  • Pārāsariya, name borne by more than one arahant monk (e.g. Pārāsariya Thera of Rājagaha, of the Pārāsara family)

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Pārāsariya
Person

  • A brahmin of Rājagaha, expert in the Vedas, who joined the Order after witnessing the Buddha’s miracles at Rājagaha and soon became an Arahant.

Pārāsariya2
Person

  • A brahmin teacher mentioned in the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta as holding that those who develop their faculties cease to see or hear at all.

Pārāsariya3
Person

  • A brahmin teacher of Takkasilā mentioned in the Cūḷanandiya Jātaka.

Pārāsariya4
Person

  • The Bodhisatta born as a teacher of Takkasilā of the Pārāsariya family, as told in the Venasākha Jātaka.

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