毗舍浮佛的上首弟子，也是佛陀的胞弟，佛陀的初转法轮即为他而说。

Leading disciple of Vessabhū Buddha and his younger brother, to whom the Buddha’s first discourse was taught.

Piyadassī 佛的敌对者，角色相当于提婆达多，曾与人合谋刺杀该佛未遂。

The enemy and rival of Piyadassī Buddha, playing a role corresponding to Devadatta, who conspired unsuccessfully to kill him.

波罗奈国王的一匹烈马，又称 Mahāsoṇa，见《Suhanu 本生》。

A fierce horse belonging to the king of Bārāṇasī, also called Mahāsoṇa; see the Suhanu Jātaka.

与 Uttara 一同被派往 Suvaṇṇabhūmi 弘法的阿罗汉比丘。

An Arahant monk sent together with Uttara to bring Buddhism to Suvaṇṇabhūmi.

Mahāsena 王的大臣，异端比丘 Saṅghamitta 的追随者，曾协助毁坏佛教建筑，后在企图破坏 Thūpārāma 时被杀。

A minister of King Mahāsena and follower of the heretic monk Saṅghamitta, who helped despoil Buddhist monuments and was killed attempting to destroy the Thūpārāma.

见 Mahāsoṇa 条。

See Mahāsoṇa.

王舍城一位居士之子，曾在 Veḷuvana 与佛陀两次论及无常与灭受等议题。

A householder’s son of Rājagaha who held two recorded conversations with the Buddha at Veḷuvana on impermanence and the cessation of feeling.

住在 Pipphali 精舍的一位有学识的导师，以在猎人父亲临终时为其剃度，助其见得天界景象而闻名。

A gifted teacher who lived at the Pipphali monastery, remembered for ordaining his hunter father on his deathbed and helping him see a vision of the heavenly realm.

Mahāvihāra 的一位长老，《Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī》注释即应他之请而撰成。

An elder of the Mahāvihāra at whose request the commentary Kaṅkhāvitaraṇī was composed.

燃灯佛（Dīpaṅkara Buddha）的主要女性在家护法之一。

One of the chief female lay patrons of Dīpaṅkara Buddha.

苏摩那佛（Sumana Buddha）的上首女弟子之一。

A leading female disciple of Sumana Buddha.

乔达摩佛的一位杰出在家女弟子。

An eminent lay disciple of Gotama Buddha.

斯里兰卡一位杰出的比丘尼长老。

An eminent Therī of Sri Lanka.

人称跋户普提迦（Bahuputtikā，意为“多子者”）的比丘尼，育有十名子女后于晚年出家，被佛陀誉为诸比丘尼中精进第一，曾以神通不用火便令水沸腾，借此使质疑她证量的同修们心服口服。

A nun known as Bahuputtikā for having ten children before ordaining in old age, declared by the Buddha foremost among nuns for effort, who once heated water by psychic power alone to silence colleagues who doubted her attainment.