Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.314
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.314
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v1.c6.314
Aṅgaṇika-Bhāradvāja.—Son of a very rich brahmin in Ukkaṭṭhā, near the Himālaya. Having learnt all the arts and sciences, he left the world and practised penance for the purpose of obtaining immortality. He met the Buddha in the course of his wanderings and, having entered the Order, in due course acquired sixfold abhiññā.