Buddhananda
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Buddhananda
仏陀難提 (Skt; Jpn Buddanandai)
Also known as Buddhanandiy a or Buddhanandi. A monk of Kamarupa in northern India, and the seventh of Shakyamuni's twenty-three, or the eighth of his twenty-four, successors. He was converted to Buddhism by Mikkaka, his predecessor among the Buddha's successors, and is said to have immediately attained the state of arhat. He excelled in preaching and propagated the Hinayana teachings.