Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2556

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Māṇava Thera.—He belonged to a rich brahmin family of Sāvatthi. When on his way to the park one day, at the age of seven, he saw, for the first time, persons afflicted with old age, disease, and death. These filled him with horror, and he went to the monastery, heard the Buddha preach, and, with his parents’ consent, entered the Order. He was called “Māṇava” because he left the world so young.