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Pali Dictionary

by U Kyaw Tun, et. al.

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koṇdañña

{kauN~hḏin~ña.}

UMK-USL p22
n. 1. name of one of the 28 Buddhas. koṇdañña had to practice austerities for 10 months under an Indian trumpet (bhodhi) tree {kraun-sha-pin} before he became a buddha.
2. name of the first disciple of Gotama Buddha. koṇdañña "realised" Nirvana (lit. in Buddhist terminology: the "stream winner" -- the stream being that which leads to Nirvana) after hearing the Four Noble Truth Sermon.

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