Pāli Dictionary

upasena

upaprefixsenastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

vaṅgantaputta

monastic

  • Upasena (Vaṅgantaputta), moine arahant, jeune frère de Sāriputta, éminent parmi ceux qui inspirent une confiance totale

  • Upasena (Vaṅgantaputta), an arahant monk, Sāriputta’s younger brother, foremost among those who inspire all-round confidence

  • SN 35.69

    tena kho pana samayena āyasmato upasenassa kāye āsīviso patito hoti. atha kho āyasmā upaseno bhikkhū āmantesi, etha me, āvuso, imaṃ kāyaṃ mañcakaṃ āropetvā bahiddhā nīharatha. pur'āyaṃ kāyo idh'eva vikirati, seyyathā'pi bhusamuṭṭhī'ti.

  • AN 1.213

    etadaggaṃ, bhikkhave, mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ samantapāsādikānaṃ yadidaṃ upaseno vaṅgantaputto.

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Upasena
Person

  • Un dresseur d’éléphants devenu ancien Arahant qui ordonna son neveu Vijitasena, peut-être le même Upasena à qui le Mahāvastu attribue la conversion de Sāriputta à l’enseignement du Bouddha

  • An elephant-trainer who became an Arahant elder and ordained his nephew Vijitasena, possibly the same Upasena whom the Mahāvastu credits with converting Sāriputta to the Buddha’s teaching.

SN 35.69
Upasena2
Person

  • Un auteur à qui le Gandhavaṃsa attribue la Saddhammappajjotikā, un commentaire du Mahā Niddesa, bien que cette attribution soit contestée

  • An author credited in the Gandhavaṃsa with the Saddhammappajjotikā, a commentary on the Mahā Niddesa, though this attribution is disputed.

Upasena3
Person

  • Le fils du Bouddha Sujāta

  • The son of the Buddha Sujāta.

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