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The Long Āgama Sūtra 4.12

長阿含經 4.12

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Classical Chinese

4.12

爾時,世尊告阿難曰:「汝向因摩竭國人來至我所,請記而去,我尋於後,著衣持鉢,入那羅城乞食,乞食訖已,詣彼大林,坐一樹下,思惟摩竭國人命終生處。時,去我不遠,有一鬼神,自稱己名,而白我言:『我是闍尼沙!我是闍尼沙!』阿難!汝曾聞彼闍尼沙名不?」

The Bhagavān told Ānanda, “Shortly after you had come to me and requested a description of [the destinies] of people from Magadha, I put on my robe and took my bowl to Nādikā to solicit alms. When I was done soliciting alms, I went to the Great Forest and sat under a tree to contemplate the birthplaces of people from Magadha whose lives have ended. Not far from me, there was a yakṣa spirit that announced its name, saying to me, ‘I am Janavṛṣabha! I am Janavṛṣabha!” Ānanda, have you heard the name Janavṛṣabha before?”

Charles Patton, The Long Discourses (selected sūtras)

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