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Ānanda was the Buddha's primary attendant and one of his principal disciples, renowned for his exceptional memory that allowed him to preserve and recite the Buddha's teachings at the First Buddhist Council, earning him the title "Treasurer of the Dhamma." Most of the early Buddhist scriptures known as the Sutta-Piṭaka are attributed to Ānanda's recollection, making him crucial to the preservation and transmission of Buddhist doctrine.
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Key facts
- Religious biography.name
- Ānanda
- Religious biography.other_names
- Videhamuni; Dhamma-bhaṇḍāgārika ('Treasurer of the Dhamma')
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- Venerable, the Elder (Thera)
- Religious biography.image
- Head of the Disciple Ananda, Hebei province, Fengfeng, northern Xiangtangshan Cave Temples, South Cave, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 AD, limestone with traces of pigment - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05697.JPG
- Religious biography.alt
- Sculpture of head of smiling monk with East Asian traits, part of limestone sculpture
- Religious biography.caption
- Head of Ānanda, once part of a limestone sculpture from the northern Xiangtangshan Caves. Northern Qi dynasty, 550577 CE.
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kapilavatthu
- Religious biography.birth_date
- 5th4th century BCE
- Religious biography.death_place
- On the river Rohīni near Vesālī, or the Ganges
- Religious biography.death_date
- 20 years after the Buddha's death
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.known_for
- Being an attendant of the Buddha (aggupaṭṭhāyaka); powers of memory; compassion to women
- Religious biography.teacher
- The Buddha; Puṇṇa Mantānīputta
- Religious biography.initiator
- Daśabāla Kāśyapa or Belaṭṭhasīsa
- Religious biography.initiation_date
- 20th (Mūlasarvāstivāda) or 2nd (other traditions) year of the Buddha's ministry
- Religious biography.initiation_place
- Nigrodhārāma or Anupiya, Malla
- Religious biography.students
- Majjhantika; Sāṇavāsī, etc.
- Religious biography.parents
- King Śuklodana or King Amitodana; Queen Mrgī (Sanskrit traditions)
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- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Ten Principal Disciples
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- India
- Place of birth
- Kapilavastu
- Place of death
- Vaishali
- Sibling
- Devadatta
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- family of Gautama Buddha
- Image
- Head of the Disciple Ananda, Hebei province, Fengfeng, northern Xiangtangshan Cave Temples, South Cave, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 AD, limestone with traces of pigment - Freer Gallery of Art - DSC05697.JPG
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- date of birth
- 0600-01-01
- date of death
- 0500-01-01
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- Ānanda
- name in native language
- आनन्द
- relative
- The Buddha
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Ananda (sanskritisch für Abwesenheit von Unglück bzw. freudige Glückseligkeit, sprich: Glück, 5. Jh. v. Chr.), ein Cousin des Buddha, war in den letzten Jahren des Lebens des Buddha sein Lieblingsjünger. Er gilt als Bewahrer des Dharma, da er nach dessen Tod (Erlöschen) als Zeuge für die Äußerungen des Buddha auftreten und diese nach allgemeinem Ermessen originalgetreu im Rahmen des ersten Buddhistischen Konzils wiedergeben konnte. Jahrhunderte später entstand aus diesen bis dahin mündlich überlieferten Lehrreden der schriftlich festgehaltene Sutta-Pitaka des Pali-Kanons. Ananda erreichte beim Buddha, dass auch Frauen zur Vollordination als Bhikkhuni zugelassen wurden und einen Nonnen-Orden einrichten durften. Die Ordensdisziplin der Mönche (Vinaya) wurde dafür um einige Regeln zu der für Nonnen erweitert. Zusammen mit Moggalana und Sariputta war er einer der drei bedeutendsten Jünger des Buddha.
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