The name Devadatta means god-given in Palī and Sanskrit. It is composed from the stem form of deva ("god") and the past participle datta of the verb da ("to give"), composed as a tatpuruṣa compound.

2018年2月5日 · According to Buddhist tradition, the disciple Devadatta was the Buddha's cousin and also brother to the Buddha's wife, Yasodhara. Devadatta is said to have caused a split in the sangha by persuading 500 monks to leave the Buddha and follow him instead.

Devadatta was a Buddhist monk who sought to reform the sangha (monastic community) by imposing upon it a stricter code of life. He was a cousin of the Buddha. Devadatta is said to have joined the sangha along with Ananda, who was possibly his brother, in the 20th year of the Buddha’s ministry.

According to Pali Tipitaka, Devadatta was the greatest enemy of Lord Buddha and was believed to have split the Sangha by persuading about 500 Buddhist monks who admired and followed him. Devadatta was the son of Shakya King Suppabuddha, Queen Pamita, and brother of Yasodhara (wife of Buddha ).

Devadatta was a cousin of the Buddha who entered the Order and gained supernormal powers of the mundane plane (puthujjana-iddhi).

"Conquered by evil friendship, his mind overcome, Devadatta is headed for a state of deprivation, headed for hell, there to stay for an eon, incurable. "Monks, it's good for a monk to keep conquering again & again any arisen material gain.

Devadatta grew jealous and plotted to kill the Buddha, when that failed he tried to cause a schism; eventually he wished to seek for forgiveness, but before he reached the Buddha he fell into Avīci, the hell of relentless suffering; the Buddha summarised the events with a verse.

Devadatta (T. lhas sbyin ལྷས་སྦྱིན་; C. tipodaduo 提婆達多) was a cousin of Gautama Buddha who became an early disciple, but later turned against the Buddha and became a bitter rival. According to tradition, Devadatta became a disciple of the Buddha at the same time as Ananda and others.

Devadatta, the Buddha's Enemy. Devadatta was the son of King Suppabuddha and his wife Pamita, who was an aunt of the Buddha. Devadatta’s sister was Yasodhara, making him both a cousin and brother-in-law of the Buddha.

2009年3月12日 · Devedatta was the son of Suddhodana ’s brother Suppabuddha and thus was the Buddha ’s cousin. His name means ‘god-given.’. When the Buddha returned to Kapilavatthu for the first time after his enlightenment, several young sakyan men including Devadatta decided to become monks (Vinaya 2. 182).