Ānanda

E277450

arahant disciple of the Buddha early Buddhist monk historical religious figure

Ānanda was one of the Buddha’s principal disciples, renowned for his exceptional memory and for reciting the Buddha’s teachings that formed much of the early Buddhist canon.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ānanda canonical	4
Ananda	1
Ānanda (in some lineage accounts)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arahant ⓘ disciple of the Buddha ⓘ early Buddhist monk ⓘ historical religious figure ⓘ
advocatedFor	ordination of women as nuns ⓘ
appearsIn	Āgamas ⓘ surface form: Chinese Āgamas Tripitaka ⓘ surface form: Pāli Canon Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Sutta Piṭaka Vinaya Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Vinaya Piṭaka various Mahāyāna sūtras ⓘ
associatedTextFormula	“Evaṃ me sutaṃ” ⓘ
associatedWith	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
associatedWithEvent	establishment of the bhikkhunī (nun) order ⓘ
contributedTo	First Buddhist Council ⓘ
deathContext	after the Buddha’s parinibbāna ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	devotion to the Buddha ⓘ eloquent speech ⓘ exceptional memory ⓘ kindness and compassion ⓘ preservation of the early Buddhist canon ⓘ recitation of the Buddha’s teachings ⓘ
languageOfName	Sanskrit ⓘ
lifetimeEra	5th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ
nameMeaning	bliss ⓘ
PaliName	Ānanda self-link ⓘ
positionInSaṅgha	foremost in hearing and retaining the Dhamma ⓘ one of the Buddha’s closest attendants ⓘ
praisedBy	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
praisedFor	attentiveness to others ⓘ service to the Buddha ⓘ
recitedCollection	Sutta Pitaka ⓘ surface form: Sutta Piṭaka
relative	cousin of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
role	personal attendant of the Buddha ⓘ principal disciple of the Buddha ⓘ
roleAtFirstCouncil	reciter of the Buddha’s discourses ⓘ
SanskritName	Ānanda self-link ⓘ
teacher	Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Gautama Buddha
tradition	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahāyāna Buddhism Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravāda Buddhism
veneratedAs	guardian of the Buddha’s word ⓘ model of faithful attendance on the teacher ⓘ
veneratedIn	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Burmese Buddhism Buddhism in Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Sri Lankan Buddhism Thai Buddhism ⓘ Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shakyamuni Buddha → disciples → Ānanda ⓘ

Ananda Mohan Bose → givenName → Ānanda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ananda

Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī → supportedByInOrdinationRequest → Ānanda ⓘ

Ānanda → PaliName → Ānanda self-link ⓘ

Ānanda → SanskritName → Ānanda self-link ⓘ

Mahākāśyapa → successor → Ānanda ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ānanda (in some lineage accounts)