eminent disciples, such as the venerable Âgñâta-Kaundinya, the venerable Asvagit, the venerable Vâshpa, the venerable Mahânâman, the venerable Bhadrika[1], the venerable Mahâ-Kâsyapa, the venerable Kâsyapa of Uruvilvâ, the venerable Kâsyapa of Nadî, the venerable Kâsyapa of Gayâ[2], the venerable Sâriputra, the venerable Mahâ-Maudgalyâyana[3], the venerable Mahâ-Kâtyâyana[4], the venerable Aniruddha[5], the venerable Revata, the venerable Kapphina[6], the venerable Gavâmpati, the venerable Pilindavatsa, the venerable Vakula, the venerable Bhâradvâga[7], the venerable Mahâ-Kaushthila[8], the venerable Nanda (alias Mahânanda), the venerable
- ↑ These are known as the Five Bhadravargîyas, or, in Pâli, Pañkavaggîyas; they were the first five disciples.
- ↑ The conversion of Kâsyapa of Uruvilvâ and the two following is told in Buddhist Birth Stories (translated by Rhys Davids), 1, 114; Mahâvagga (ed. Oldenberg) I, 15.
- ↑ Sâriputra and Maudgalyâyana are termed the foremost or chief disciples (agrasrâvaka) of the Lord. About their conversion, see Birth Stories, I, 118; Mahâvagga I, 23.
- ↑ About him, see Mahâvagga V, 13.
- ↑ In Pâli, Anuruddha; the story of his conversion is told Kullavagga (ed. Oldenberg) I, 8.
- ↑ The name is variously spelt Kapphina, Kasphina, Kashphina, Kapphilla, Kamphilla. The Tibetan form Kapina (in Lotus, p. 294) agrees with Mahâ-Kappina in Pâli writings; Mahâvagga II, 5; X, 5. I cannot help guessing that the name is identical with Σφίνης, the proper name of Kalanos, in Plutarch's Alexander, chap. 65; one would expect Κασφίνης.
- ↑ The same with Pindola-Bhâradvâga, Kullavagga V, 8.
- ↑ In Pâli Mahâ-Kotthita; Mahâvagga X, 5.
knowledge of the thoughts of others, knowledge of former existences, the divine eye. Sometimes a sixth Abhigñâ is added, viz. the knowledge which causes the destruction of human passion; Burnouf, Lotus, p. 820 sqq.; Spence Hardy, Eastern Monachism, p. 284.
