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उपसेन (upasena)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
उप-सेन
m.
N.
of a pupil of Śākya-muni,
L.
Monier Williams 1872
English
उपसेन उप-सेन, अस्, m., N. of a pupil of
Śākya-muni.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Upasena (identity of 1, 2, and 3, and of any of them with one of the Pali personages of this name, not certain),
(1) n. of a monk who converted Śāriputra: Mv 〔iii.60.3〕
(2, possibly = 1) n. of a nephew of the three Kāśyapas, who became a follower of Buddha: Mv 〔iii.431.1〕
doubtless the same 〔iii.103.2〕 (named after Nadī-Kāśyapa and GayāKāśyapa) and Mvy 〔1053〕 (named shortly after UruvilvāKāśyapa and Nadī-K°)
(3) Upasena Balāntīputra (perh. = Pali U. Vaṅgantaputta? Instead of Balāntī- Tib., gar mkhan ma, points to Nartakī-), n. of an evidently important Buddhist elder, who had a retinue of 500 monks: MSV 〔iii.21.12 ff.〕
(4) n. of a former Buddha: Mv 〔i.138.9〕.
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Tibetan
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उपसेन