Upasena (3824)

Upasena
Entry 3824, Page 143, Col. 2

(upasena, upasena)
Upasena¦ (identity of 1, 2, and 3, and of any of them with one of the Pali personages of this name, not certain), (1) n. of a monk who converted Śāriputra: Mv iii.60.3; (2, possibly = 1) n. of a nephew of the three Kāśyapas, who became a follower of Buddha: Mv iii.431.1; doubtless the same iii.103.2 (named after Nadī-Kāśyapa and Gayā- Kāśyapa) and Mvy 1053 (named shortly after Uruvilvā- Kāśyapa and Nadī-K°); (3) Upasena Balāntīputra (perh. = Pali U. Vaṅgantaputta? Instead of Balāntī- Tib., gar mkhan ma, points to Nartakī-), n. of an evidently important Buddhist elder, who had a retinue of 500 monks: MSV iii.21.12 ff.; (4) n. of a former Buddha: Mv i.138.9.