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The Foremost and the Great Disciples The Foremost and the Great Disciples The Foremost Disciples 41 Monks 13 Nuns 10 Male Lay Disciples 10 Female Lay Disciples Same Excellence The Eighty Great Disciples The Foremost Disciples (Etadaggavagga, AN Bk. 1 Vag. 14) 41 Monks Aññā Koṇḍaññā Eldest (Rattaññū) Sāriputta Great Wisdom (Mahāpaññā) Moggallāna Psychic Power (Iddhimantu) Mahākassapa Recommending Asceticism (Dhutavāda) Anuruddha Divine Eye (Dibbacakkhu) Bhaddiya Kāḷigodhāyaputta High Caste (Uccākulīna) Bhaddiya the Dwarf Sweet Voice (Mañjussara) Piṇḍolabhāradvāja Lion's Roar (Sīhanāda) Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta Dhamma Speaker (Dhammakathika) Mahākaccāyana Expounder (Vitthāra) Cullapanthaka Mind-Made Body (Manomaya) " " Wholesome-Mind Development (Cetovivaṭṭa) Mahāpanthaka Wholesome-Perception Development (Saññāvivaṭṭa) Subhūti Free of Conflict (Araṇavihārī) " " Worthy of Offerings (Dakkhiṇeyya) Revata Forest-Dweller (Āraññaka) Kankhārevata Meditation (Jhāyī) Soṇa Koḷivisa Energetic (Āraddhaviriya) Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa Beautiful Conversationalist (Kalyāṇavakkaraṇa) Sīvali Receiver of Gifts (Lābhī) 1 The Foremost Disciples Vakkali Inclined to Confidence (Saddhādhimutta) Rāhula Liking the Training (Sikkhakāma) Raṭṭhapāla Confidence in Going-Forth (Saddhāpabbajita) Kuṇḍadhāna First in Food Tickets (Paṭhamasalāka) Vaṅgīsa Extemporiser (Paṭibhānavantu) Vaṅgantaputta Altogether Pleasing (Samantapāsādika) Dabba Mallaputta Assigner of Living Quarters (Senāsanapaññāpaka) Pilindavaccha Dear and Pleasing to the Gods (Devapiyamanāpa) Bāhiya Dārucīriya Speed in Deep Knowledge (Khippābhiññā) Kumārakassapa Beautiful Speaker (Cittakathika) Mahākoṭṭhita Analytic Knowledge (Paṭisambhidāpatta) Ānanda Learned (Bahussuta) " " Mindful (Satimantu) " " Good Behaviour (Gatimantu) " " Courage (Dhitimantu) " " Attendant (Upaṭṭhaka) Uruvelā Kassapa Large Retinue (Mahāparisa) Kāḷudāyī Pleasing to Families (Kulappasāsaka) Bakkula Little Affliction (Appābādhā) Sobhita Past Life Recall (Pubbenivāsānussara) Upāli Discipline (Vinayadhāraka) Nandaka Instructor of Nuns (Bhikkhunovādaka) Nanda Sense-Door Restraint (Indriyaguttadvāra) Mahākappina Instructor of Monks (Bhikkhu-ovādaka) Sāgata Skilled in the Heat-Element (Tejodhātukulasa) Rādha Extemporising (Paṭibhāneyyaka) Mogharāja Wearing Rough Robes (Lūkhacīvaradhāraka) 2 The Foremost Disciples 13 Nuns Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī Eldest (Rataññū) Khemā Great Wisdom (Mahāpaññā) Upalavaṇṇā Psychic Power(Iddhimantu) Paṭācārā Discipline (Vinayadhārikā) Dhammadinnā Dhamma Speaker (Dhammakathika) Sundarinandā Meditation (Jhāyī) Soṇā Energetic (Āraddhaviriya) Sakulā Divine-Eye (Dibbacakkhu) Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā Speed in Deep Knowledge (Khippābhiññā) Bhaddā Kapilānī Past Life Recall (Pubbenivāsānussara) Bhaddakaccāna Great Deep Knowledge (Mahābhiññā) Kisā Gotamī Wearing Rough Robes (Lūkhacīvaradhārikā) Singālamātā Inclined to Confidence (Saddhādhimutta) 10 Male Lay Disciples Tapussa and Bhallika First to go for Refuge (Upāsaka Paṭhama Saraṇa) Anāthapiṇḍaka Supporter (Dāyaka) Citta Dhamma Speaker (Dhammakathika) Hattha Āḷavaka Four Bases of Sympathy (Catu Saṅghavatthu) Mahānāma Excellent Alms Donor (Paṇīta Dāyaka) Ugga Pleasant Supporter (Manāpa Dāyaka) Uggata Community Attendant (Saṅghupaṭṭhāka) Sura Ambaṭṭha Unwavering Faith (Avecca Pasanna) Jīvaka Komārabhacca Individual with Faith (Puggala Pasanna) Nakulapitu Trustworthy (Vissāsaka) 10 Female Lay Disciples Sujātā First Female Lay Disciple (Upāsikā Paṭhama Saraṇa) Visākhā Female Supporter (Dāyikā) Khujjuttarā Learned (Bahussuta) Sāmāvatī Loving-Kindness (Mettavihārī) Uttarānandamātā Meditator (Jhāyī) Suppavāsā Excellent Alms Donor (Paṇīta Dāyaka) Suppiyā Attending with Medicinal Drink (Gilānupaṭṭhāka) Katiyānī Unwavering Faith (Avecca Pasanna) Nakulamātā Trustworthy (Vissāsikā) Kāḷī Confidence in the Traditions (Anussava Pasanna) 3 The Foremost Disciples Same Excellence Aññā Koṇḍaññā, Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī Eldest (Rattaññū) Sāriputta, Khemā Great Wisdom (Mahāpaññā) Moggallāna, Upalavaṇṇā Psychic Power (Iddhimantu) Anuruddha, Sakulā Divine Eye (Dibbacakkhu) Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta, Dhammadinnā, Citta Dhamma Speaker (Dhammakathika) Kankhārevata, Sundarinandā Meditation (Jhāyī) Soṇa Koḷivisa, Soṇā Energetic (Āraddhaviriya) Vakkali, Singālamātā Inclined to Confidence (Saddhādhimutta) Bāhiya Dārucīriya, Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā Speed in Deep Knowledge (Khippābhiññā) Ānanda, Khujjuttarā Learned (Bahussuta) Sobhita, Bhaddā Kapilānī Past Life Recall (Pubbenivāsānussara) Upāli, Paṭācārā Discipline (Vinayadhāraka) Mogharāja, Kisā Gotamī Wearing Rough Robes (Lūkhacīvaradhāraka) Tapusa and Bhallika, Sujātā First to go for Refuge (Paṭhama Saraṇa) Anāthapiṇḍaka, Visākhā Supporter (Dāyaka) Mahānāma, Suppavāsā Excellent Alms Donor (Paṇīta Dāyaka) Sura Ambaṭṭha, Katiyānī Unwavering Faith (Avecca Pasanna) Nakulapitu, Nakulamātā Trustworthy (Vissāsaka) cf. also Vaṅgīsa Extemporiser (Paṭibhānavantu) Rādha Extemporising (Paṭibhāneyyaka) Nandaka Instructor of Nuns (Bhikkhunovādaka) Mahākappina Instructor of Monks (Bhikkhu-ovādaka) 4 The Eighty Great Disciples (AA 2.8, Tikaṇṇasuttavaṇṇanā) arranged according to their seniority 1. Aññā Koṇḍañña 41. Subhūti 2. Vappa 42. Aṅgulimāla 3. Bhaddiya 43. Vakkali 4. Mahānāma 44. Kāḷudāyī 5. Assaji 45. Mahā-Udāyī 6. Nāḷaka 46. Pilindavaccha 7. Yasa 47. Sobhita 8. Vimala 48. Kumārakassapa 9. Subāhu 49. Raṭṭhapāla 10. Puṇṇaji 50. Vaṅgīsa 11. Gavampati 51. Sabhiya 12. Uruvelakassapa 52. Sela 13. Nadīkassapa 53. Upavāṇa 14. Gayākassapa 54. Meghiya 15. Sāriputta 55. Sāgata 16. Mahāmoggallāna 56. Nāgita 17. Mahākassapa 57. Lakuṇḍaka Bhaddiya 18. Mahākaccāna 58. Piṇḍolo Bhāradvāja 19. Mahākoṭṭhika 59. Mahā Panthaka 20. Mahākappina 60. Culla Panthaka 21. Mahācunda 61. Bākula 22. Anuruddha 62. Kuṇḍadhāna 23. Kaṅkhārevata 63. Dārucīriya 24. Ānanda 64. Yasoja 25. Nandaka 65. Ajita 26. Bhagu 66. Tissametteyya 27. Nanda 67. Puṇṇaka 28. Kimila 68. Mettagū 29. Bhaddiya 69. Dhotaka 30. Rāhula 70. Upasīva 31. Sīvali 71. Nanda 32. Upāli 72. Hemaka 33. Dabba 73. Todeyya 34. Upasena 74. Kappa 35. Khadiravaniyarevata 75. Jatukaṇṇī 36. Puṇṇo Mantāniputta 76. Bhadrāvudha 37. Puṇṇo Sunāparantaka 77. Udaya 38. Soṇo kuṭikaṇṇa 78. Posala 39. Soṇo koḷivisa 79. Mogharājā 40. Rādha 80. Piṅgiya 5 .
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