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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.241

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.241

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### [v1.c7.241](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.241)

Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with other \*Sākyan\* princes, such as \*Bhaddiya\*, \*Anuruddha\*, \*Bhagu\*, Kimbila and Devadatta, and was ordained by the Buddha himself,² his \*upajjhāya\* being Belaṭṭhasīsa.³ Soon after, he heard a discourse by Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta and became a \*Sotāpanna\*.⁴

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