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五比丘

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: five bhikṣus

Senses:

  • Five mendicants who first practiced asceticism with Śākyamuni, and then later were the recipients of his first sermon 初轉法輪, subsequently becoming his first disciples. They are:
    1. Kauṇḍinya 憍陳如 (Ājñāta-kauṇḍinya 阿若憍陳如),
    2. Aśvajit 額鞞/阿說示,
    3. Bhadrika 跋提 (婆提),
    4. Daśabala-Kāśyapa 十力迦葉, also known as Baspa 婆師波 (reputed first leader of the Mahāsāṃghikas), and
    5. Mahānāman 摩男倶利/摩訶男.
    (Skt. pañca bhikṣavaḥ) [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui, Nakamura, Hirakawa,Yokoi,Iwanami]
  • Also see 五倶倫; also written as 五拘鄰, 五倶輪, and 五倶 (Skt. pañca-vargīyaḥdiṇaya, pañcabhikṣavaḥ; Pāli pañca-vaggiyā bhikkhū). [Charles Muller]
  • 〔倶舍論 T 1559.29.231c21〕 [Charles Muller]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 283

    Bulgyo sajeon 610a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 356d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 278

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 77a/85

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 160

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 374a

    Fo Guang Dictionary 1071

    Ding Fubao

    Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa) 0088

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1272c,2848a,3018a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 559-3

    (Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 121

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    Entry created: 2001-09-08

    Updated: 2021-07-19