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'''Devadatta''' (Skt.; Tib. [[ལྷས་བྱིན་]], [[Wyl.]] ''lhas byin'') — [[Buddha]]'s jealous scheming cousin. He was also the instigator of the first schism in the Buddhist monastic community.  
'''Devadatta''' (Skt.; Tib. [[ལྷས་བྱིན་]], [[Wyl.]] ''lhas byin'') — [[Buddha]]'s jealous scheming cousin. He was also the instigator of the first schism in the Buddhist monastic community by imposing more severe monastic rules on the community.


==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==

Revision as of 17:02, 13 July 2020

Devadatta (Skt.; Tib. ལྷས་བྱིན་, Wyl. lhas byin) — Buddha's jealous scheming cousin. He was also the instigator of the first schism in the Buddhist monastic community by imposing more severe monastic rules on the community.

Further Reading

  • Philippe Cornu, Manuel de bouddhisme — Philosophie, pratique et histoire. Tome I, Bouddhisme ancien et Theravāda (Editions Rangdröl, 2019), pages 60-61.