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什曰：目連，婆羅門姓也，名俱律陀。拘律陀，樹神名也，以求神得，故因以為名。生便有大智慧，故名大目揵連，神足第一者也。肇曰：目連，弟子中神足第一，出婆羅門種。姓目揵連，字拘律陀也。

[Kumāra]jīva says: Maudgalyāyana is a brāhmaṇa clan name; his personal name was Kolita. Kolita is the name of a tree deity; because he was obtained by praying to the deity, he was named after it. He possessed great wisdom from birth, hence he is called Mahāmaudgalyāyana, foremost in supernatural powers.

[Seng]zhao says: Maudgalyāyana was foremost in supernatural powers among the disciples, born of brāhmaṇa stock. His clan name was Maudgalyāyana, and his personal name was Kolita.