Rāhula, (1) (12788)

Rāhula, (1)
Entry 12788, Page 455, Col. 1

(rAhula, rAhula)
Rāhula, (1)¦ (= Pali id.; Aśokan Lāghula with gh, held to be older than h, but quite possibly hyper-Skt.) n. of Śākyamuni's son; also Rāhulabhadra (= Pali °bhadda), so in Mv i.154.3; iii.175.16, 19; Gv 51.11; SP 219.12; 220.2; also Rāhulaśiri Mv i.128.13 (°śirisya, gen.); iii.271.3 (°śiriṃ); his birth was miraculous but not aupa- pāduka, Mv i.153.8, 14; 154.3; he descended from the Tuṣita heaven into Yaśodharā's womb, Mv ii.159.3; dis- covers that the Buddha is his father and insists on becom- ing a monk, Mv iii.257.17 ff.; is ordained by Śāriputra at the Buddha's command, 268.5 ff.; remained 6 years in his mother's womb because of an offense against the Bodhisattva in a former birth, Mv iii.172.5; 175.16, 19; in a list of 8 mahāśrāvaka Mmk 111.12; No. 33 of a list of 34 mahāśrāvaka Sukh 2.11; last of 26 mahāśrāvaka, SP 2.8; in list of śrāvaka Mvy 1039; of bhikṣus, LV 2.3; other references Mv i.170.4; ii.114.7; iii.142.15 et alibi (see Index); SP 215.3; 220.5, 9; Sukh 92.7 (as a mahāśrā- vaka); Suv 12.12; 200.9; Yaśodharā is called Rāhulaśirisya mātā Mv i.128.13; Rāhulasya jananī Mv ii.135.14, and cf. next; (2) n. of a cakravartin king: Mvy 3611.

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