Sixteen Arhats
The Sixteen Arhats (Japanese: 十六羅漢, Juroku Rakan) are a group of legendary Arhats in Buddhism; holy men who were predecessors or disciples of the Buddha.[1] The Sixteen Arhats are particular popular in Zen Buddhism, where they are treated as examples of behaviour.[2] They are sometimes increased to eighteen,[3] with the addition of Nandimitra and a second Pindola, or sometimes the translator Kumarajiva.
The sixteen Arhats are:
- Pindolabharadrāja (賓度羅跋囉惰闍尊者, Bindora Baradāja sonja)
- Kanakavatsa (迦諾迦伐蹉尊者, Kanakabassa sonja)
- Kanakabharadrāja (迦諾迦跋釐堕闍尊者, Kanakabarudaja sonja)
- Subinda (蘇頻陀尊者, Subinda sonja)
- Nakula (諾距羅尊者, Nakola sonja)
- Bhadra (跋陀羅尊者, Badara sonja)
- Kālika (迦哩迦尊者, Kalika sonja)
- Vajraputra (伐闍羅弗多羅尊者, Bajarabutara sonja)
- Jīvaka (戎博迦尊者, Jubaka sonja)
- Panthaka (半託迦尊者, Hantaka sonja)
- Rāhula (囉怙羅尊者, Ragon sonja)
- Nāgasena (那伽犀那尊者, Nagasena sonja)
- Ańgaja (因掲陀尊者, Ingada sonja)
- Vanavāsin (伐那婆斯尊者, Banabasu sonja)
- Ajita (阿氏多尊者, Ajita sonja)
- Cūdapanthaka (注荼半吒迦尊者, Chudahantaka sonja)
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