Eight Persons: 1 definition
Introduction:
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.
In Buddhism
General definition (in Buddhism)
Eight 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 (+0): Enbar, Atthapuggala Sutta, Ashtapurusha, Girukolu, Chirajivin, Enmar, Pudgala, Ciranjivi, Atthamaka, Ashtapudgala, Ai huo, Gong shi de, Si cheng shi de.
Relevant text
Search found 32 books and stories containing Eight Persons; (plurals include: Eight Personses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
(3) Recollection of the Saṅgha < [Chapter VII - Six Recollections (Cha-anussati-niddesa)]
Markandeya Purana (by Frederick Eden Pargiter)
Vyavaharamala: a text on Indian jurisprudence (by P. V. Rajee)
4. Summary of the Vyavaharamala < [Chapter 2 - The place of Vyavaharamala in Sanskrit juridical texts]
41. Kritanusaya prakarana (goods buying and selling) < [Chapter 5 - Vyavaharamala—General features based on text]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 266 < [Tamil-Hindi-English, Volume 1]
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)]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Individual Donors < [Tanjavur/Thanjavur (Rajarajesvaram temple)]