Eight Persons: 1 definition
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Eight Persons means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaEight Persons:—A technical term in Buddhism corresponding to the Sanskrit pudgala defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 102):
- The one on the path to the fruit of stream-entry (srota-āpanna-phala-pratipannaka),
- The stream-enterer (srota-āpanna),
- The one on the path to the fruit of once-returning (sakṛdāgāmi-phala-pratipannaka),
- The once-returner (sakṛdāgāmi),
- The one on the path to the fruit of non-returning (anāgāmi-phala-pratipannaka),
- The non-returner (anāgāmi),
- The one on the path to the fruit of worthiness (arhat-phala-pratipannaka),
- And the worthy one (arhat).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., ‘eight persons’). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Full-text: Enbar, Ashtapurusha, Atthapuggala Sutta, Girukolu, Pudgala, Atthamaka, Ashtapudgala.
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(3) Recollection of the Saṅgha < [Chapter VII - Six Recollections (Cha-anussati-niddesa)]
The Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Individual Donors < [Tanjavur/Thanjavur (Rajarajesvaram temple)]
Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter CLXXXII - Brahma gita: sovereignty of the seven continents < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
The Story of the Bhisa Jātaka in Brief < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
Chapter 12 - Yasa, Son of a Rich Merchant, becoming a Bhikkhu < [Volume 2.2]
Part 1 - Story of Kukkuṭamitta the Hunter < [Chapter 34c - The Buddha’s Nineteenth Vassa also at Cāliya Hill]
The Book of Protection (by Piyadassi Thera)
Discourse 3 - The Jewel Discourse < [Discourses]