Rāhula
Sign in to saveRāhula (born ) was the only son of Siddhārtha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, and his wife, princess Yaśodharā. He is mentioned in numerous Buddhist texts, from the early period onward. Accounts about Rāhula indicate a mutual impact between Prince Siddhārtha's life and the lives of his family members.
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- Born
- 9th April 1893
- Died
- 14th April 1963
- Works
- 74
Top works
- Sanskrit restoration of Yuan Chwang's Vijñaptimātratāsiddhis̋āstra
- Administrative dictionary
- Toper Riding Boots Review
- Svāmī Rāva
- Rahula Sāṅkr̥tyāyana ke śreshṭha nibandha
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Key facts
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- The Elder
- Religious biography.background
- FFD068
- Religious biography.name
- Rāhula
- Religious biography.image
- Rahula - Google Art Project.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Rāhula on a Tibetan painting, 16th century
- Religious biography.other_names
- 1. , ; 2.
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kapilavastu
- Religious biography.death_place
- Sources differ
- Religious biography.title
- Patriarch of the Dharma (East Asian Buddhism)
- Religious biography.predecessor
- Āryadeva
- Religious biography.successor
- Sanghānandi
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 534 BCE
- Died
- 1 January 500 BCE
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Ten Principal Disciples
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kapilavastu
- Father
- The Buddha
- Mother
- Yaśodharā
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- family of Gautama Buddha
- Image
- Rahula - Google Art Project.jpg
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Accounts
- Birth
- Pāli tradition
- Other traditions
- Scholarly analysis
- Ordination
- Enlightenment and death
- Previous lives
- Legacy
- Childhood in Buddhism
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Rāhula (born ) was the only son of Siddhārtha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, and his wife, princess Yaśodharā. He is mentioned in numerous Buddhist texts, from the early period onward. Accounts about Rāhula indicate a mutual impact between Prince Siddhārtha's life and the lives of his family members.
According to the Pāli tradition, Rāhula was born on the day of Prince Siddhārtha's renunciation, and was therefore named Rāhula, meaning a fetter on the path to enlightenment.