Rāhula
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Rāhula was a male Buddhist monk born in 534 BCE in Kapilavastu. He was the son of The Buddha and Yaśodharā, and belonged to the family of Gautama Buddha. Rāhula was a member of the Ten Principal Disciples and followed the religion of Buddhism. He died in 500 BCE.
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Key facts
- Religious biography.honorific prefix
- The Elder
- Religious biography.background
- FFD068
- Religious biography.name
- Rāhula
- Religious biography.image
- Rahula - Google Art Project.jpg
- Religious biography.caption
- Rāhula on a Tibetan painting, 16th century
- Religious biography.other_names
- 1. , ; 2.
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Kapilavastu
- Religious biography.death_place
- Sources differ
- Religious biography.title
- Patriarch of the Dharma (East Asian Buddhism)
- Religious biography.predecessor
- Āryadeva
- Religious biography.successor
- Sanghānandi
- Religious biography.religion
- Buddhism
- Religious biography.teacher
- Gautama Buddha, the Elder Śariputra
- Religious biography.known_for
- 1. ; 2.
- Religious biography.initiation_date
- 715 years in the Buddha's ministry
- Religious biography.initiation_place
- Park of Nigrodha
- Religious biography.initiator
- Śāriputra
- Religious biography.parents
- Prince Siddhārtha (father), Princess Yaśodharā (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- Ten Principal Disciples
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Kapilavastu
- Father
- The Buddha
- Mother
- Yaśodharā
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- family of Gautama Buddha
- Image
- Rahula - Google Art Project.jpg
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- date of birth
- 0534-01-01
- date of death
- 0500-01-01
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- Rāhula
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Accounts
- Birth
- Pāli tradition
- Other traditions
- Scholarly analysis
- Ordination
- Enlightenment and death
- Previous lives
- Legacy
- Childhood in Buddhism
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Rāhula (born ) was the only son of Siddhārtha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha, and his wife, princess Yaśodharā. He is mentioned in numerous Buddhist texts, from the early period onward. Accounts about Rāhula indicate a mutual impact between Prince Siddhārtha's life and the lives of his family members.
According to the Pāli tradition, Rāhula was born on the day of Prince Siddhārtha's renunciation, and was therefore named Rāhula, meaning a fetter on the path to enlightenment.
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