Pāli Dictionary
monastic
畢陵伽婆蹉；一位阿羅漢比丘，佛陀弟子中受諸天喜愛第一
Pilindavaccha, an arahant monk, foremost among the Buddha’s disciples beloved by the gods
AN 1.215
etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ devatānaṃ piyamanāpānaṃ yadidaṃ pilindavaccho.
Ud 3.6
tena kho pana samayena āyasmā pilindavaccho bhikkhū vasalavādena samudācarati.
Encyclopedia
舍衛城的一位婆羅門，因所習咒術在佛陀出世後失靈而隨佛出家，證得阿羅漢果，被譽為受諸天愛護第一的比丘，卻又以慣稱他人為「賤民」而聞名。
A brahmin of Sāvatthi who entered the Order to learn a spell that had ceased working after the Buddha’s appearance, attained Arahantship, and was declared foremost among monks beloved by devas, though notorious for habitually addressing everyone as an outcaste.
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