Devadatta (1) (7507)

Devadatta (1)
Entry 7507, Page 271, Col. 1

(devadatta, devadatta)
Devadatta (1)¦ (= Pali id.), n. of a Śākyan, relative of the Buddha and inimical to him: son of Śuklodana, brother of Ananda and Upadhāna, Mv iii.176.15; after the Bodhisattva's retirement asks Yaśodharā to marry him, Mv ii.69.2; kills an elephant at the city gate but can- not remove it, Mv ii.74.13 ff.; various previous incarnations identified, Mv i.128.14; ii.72.10; Divy 328.11; instigated Ajātaśatru to parricide, Divy 280.18; Av i.83.6; 308.5; other refs., Mvy 3610; LV 144.10 ff.; 152.14 ff.; 154.1 ff.; enters the order of monks, Av ii.112.4; hostility to Buddha, Av i.88.6; 177.6 ff.; Karmav 45.3; as a typically, prover- bially evil person, Karmav 49.4; RP 36.3; Devadatto- drakasamācāro Śikṣ 105.17, characterized by conduct like D. and U.; (2) n. of an evidently virtuous monk, follower of Buddha, to whom in a previous birth he had taught a holy text, and for whom the Buddha now predicts future Buddhahood: SP 259.2 ff. (only in prose; no verse account of this incident; prob. a late intrusion).

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