Pāli Dictionary

saṅgārava

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Saṅgārava, name of a brahmin (interlocutor of the Buddha in the Saṅgārava Sutta)

  • AN 5.193

    atha kho saṅgāravo brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekam'antaṃ nisīdi. ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho saṅgāravo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca

Encyclopedia

Saṅgārava
Person

  • A learned brahmin of Cañcalikappa who, prompted by a devout woman’s praise of the Buddha, sought him out, questioned him on the worth of brahmins and the existence of gods, and became his follower.

AN 3.60·Takes refugeMN 100SN 46.55

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