Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
monastic
優波遮羅(一位比丘長老之名,舍利弗的外甥)
Upacāla, name of a monk (thera), nephew of Sāriputta
AN 10.72
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭ'āgārasālāyaṃ sambahulehi abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṃ, āyasmatā ca cālena, āyasmatā ca upacālena, āyasmatā ca kukkuṭena, āyasmatā ca kaḷimbhena, āyasmatā ca nikaṭena, āyasmatā ca kaṭissahena, aññehi ca abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṃ.
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Upacāla
Person優波遮羅之子、舍利弗與荊棘林離婆多的外甥,由離婆多為其剃度,位列住在毘舍離重閣講堂的一群傑出弟子之中。
A monk who was the son of Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata, ordained by Revata and counted among a group of eminent disciples dwelling at Vesāli’s Kūṭāgārasālā.
舍利弗之妹,隨兄出家為尼,禪修安陀林時曾降伏魔羅誘起情慾之企圖,此事所涉偈頌在不同記載中於三姊妹間歸屬不一。
A sister of Sāriputta who became a nun following his example and defeated Māra’s attempt to arouse sensual desire in her while meditating in the Andhavana, an episode whose verses are variously attributed among the three sisters in different accounts.
弗沙佛的上首女弟子。
The chief woman disciple of Phussa Buddha.
蘇摩那佛的首席女施主。
The chief woman supporter of Sumana Buddha.
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