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Devadatta

Devadatta was, by tradition, a Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha. The accounts of his life vary greatly, but he is generally seen as an evil and divisive figure in Buddhism, who led a breakaway group in the earliest days of the religion.

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related to Bibliography · 38
Devadatta → Advanced Buddhist Studies, Biswadeb, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist Tradition, Buswell, Conflict, Deeg, Development, Die, Donald, Fiction, HarperCollins, Heresy, History, International College, ISBN, Japanese Journal, Journal, Jr
related to Records from Chinese pilgrims to India · 12
Devadatta → According, Buddhas, Buddhists, Chinese, Faxian, Gautama Buddha, Gotamaka, India, Pali, The, Xuanzang, Yijing's
related to Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra · 11
Devadatta → Ajātasattu, Amitāyurdhyāna Sūtra, Buddha, DN, Dīgha Nikāya, In, King Bimbisāra, Mahayana Buddhist, Prince Ajātasattu, Samaññaphala Sutta, This
related to In the Theravāda Vinaya · 11
Devadatta → Ajātashatru, Buddha's, Cullavagga, Having, In, Magadha, Prince Ajātashatru, Seeking, Theravādins, VII, Vinayapiṭaka
related to Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya research · 11
Devadatta → According, Andrew Skilton, Buddhist, Buddhist Vinaya, Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya, Ray, Reginald Ray, Sthavira, Sthaviravāda, This, Vinaya
related to Milinda Panha · 9
Devadatta → Buddha, Even, Gautama Buddha, In, King Menander, Menander, Milinda Panha, Nagasena, When
related to Etymology · 8
Devadatta → Arjuna, Bhagavad Gītā, In, It, Kurukshetra, Palī, Sanskrit, The
related to Others · 8
Devadatta → Being, Buddha, Devadatta's, Gautama, Gautama Buddha, In, In Faxian's, Mahāmeghasūtra Devadatta
related to Lotus Sūtra · 5
Devadatta → Buddha, In, Lotus Sūtra, Mahāyāna Buddhist, The Lotus Sutra
Religion · 1
Devadatta → Buddhism

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buddha buddhist sangha vinaya monks according king lives gautama buddhism mahāsāṃghika power ajātashatru even evil past way time followers buddha's

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Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraIn0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraMahayana Buddhist0.60section
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Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraPrince Ajātasattu0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraKing Bimbisāra0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraAjātasattu0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraBuddha0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraThis0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraSamaññaphala Sutta0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraDīgha Nikāya0.60section
Devadattarelated to Amitāyurdhyāna SūtraDN0.60section

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