Pāli Dictionary
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優波先那（旺甘德子），阿羅漢比丘，舍利弗之弟，佛陀稱其為令人生信心第一
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.
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Upasena
Person一位馴象師出家後證得阿羅漢果，曾為其外甥毗指多犀那剃度；據《大事》，可能就是那位度化舍利弗歸信佛法的優波先那。
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.
Upasena2
Person《教史》記載的《正法明燈疏》（《大義釋》註釋書）的作者，但此說法尚存爭議。
An author credited in the Gandhavaṃsa with the Saddhammappajjotikā, a commentary on the Mahā Niddesa, though this attribution is disputed.
Upasena3
Person善生佛之子。
The son of the Buddha Sujāta.
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