Aniruddha

Buddhist monk called Anuruddha in the Pāli account of his sister Rohinī, whose construction of a hall he supervises.

Names and tradition associations

• Anuruddha Buddhist · same recordG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Rohinī 2, DhA iii.295ff (secondary)

Relations

• ordained alongside: ĀnandaNon-symmetric, because the Ānanda record is already written in this batch's first block and 'companion' is a symmetric kind; the source says only that they became disciples at the same time.Reference treatment of the Buddha and his disciples: Sariputta and Moggallana are the two Chief Disciples, Sariputta foremost among disciples of great wisdom and Maha Moggallana foremost among those of great supernatural powers; the ten great disciples are Sariputra, Moggallana, Mahakasyapa, Subhuti, Purna, Katyayana, Anuradha, Upali, Rahula and Ananda; Ananda was called the Treasurer of the Dhamma for his retentiveness of memory; Upali worked as a barber before he joined the Buddha, was foremost in observing the precepts, and became a disciple while cutting the Buddha's hair; Anuruddha was a cousin of Shakyamuni who became a disciple at the same time as Ananda. (secondary)
• disciple of: Siddhārtha GautamaIn-batch.Reference treatment of the Buddha and his disciples: Sariputta and Moggallana are the two Chief Disciples, Sariputta foremost among disciples of great wisdom and Maha Moggallana foremost among those of great supernatural powers; the ten great disciples are Sariputra, Moggallana, Mahakasyapa, Subhuti, Purna, Katyayana, Anuradha, Upali, Rahula and Ananda; Ananda was called the Treasurer of the Dhamma for his retentiveness of memory; Upali worked as a barber before he joined the Buddha, was foremost in observing the precepts, and became a disciple while cutting the Buddha's hair; Anuruddha was a cousin of Shakyamuni who became a disciple at the same time as Ananda. (secondary)
• sibling: Rohinī, sister of AnuruddhaG. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Rohinī 2, DhA iii.295ff (secondary)

Sources

• A cousin of Śākyamuni, who became a disciple at the same time as Ānanda; one of the ten great disciples.: Reference treatment of the Buddha and his disciples: Sariputta and Moggallana are the two Chief Disciples, Sariputta foremost among disciples of great wisdom and Maha Moggallana foremost among those of great supernatural powers; the ten great disciples are Sariputra, Moggallana, Mahakasyapa, Subhuti, Purna, Katyayana, Anuradha, Upali, Rahula and Ananda; Ananda was called the Treasurer of the Dhamma for his retentiveness of memory; Upali worked as a barber before he joined the Buddha, was foremost in observing the precepts, and became a disciple while cutting the Buddha's hair; Anuruddha was a cousin of Shakyamuni who became a disciple at the same time as Ananda. (secondary)
• Buddhist monk called Anuruddha in the Pāli account of his sister Rohinī, whose construction of a hall he supervises.: G. P. Malalasekera, Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names, s.v. Rohinī 2, DhA iii.295ff (secondary)