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Poṭṭhila
Person経典に通じた比丘で、瞑想の実証を欠くために仏陀から「空っぽ頭のポッティラ」とあだ名され、若い沙弥の前で自らを低くしたことで阿羅漢果を得た。
A learned monk nicknamed ‘Empty-headed Poṭṭhila’ by the Buddha for lacking meditative attainment, who humbled himself before a young novice and thereby won Arahantship.
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