Nanda

Ānanda (Pali and Sanskrit: आनंद; 5th 4th century BCE) was the primary attendant of the Buddha and one of his ten principal disciples. Among the Buddha's many disciples, Ānanda stood out for having the best memory. Most of the texts of the early Buddhist Sutta-Piṭaka ( ; , Sūtra-Piṭaka) are attributed to his recollection of the Buddha's teachings during the First Buddhist Council. For that reason, he is known as the Treasurer of the Dhamma, with Dhamma ( , dharma) referring to the Buddha's teaching. In Early Buddhist Texts, Ānanda was the first cousin of the Buddha. Although the early texts do not agree on many parts of Ānanda's early life, they do agree that Ānanda was ordained as a monk and that Puṇṇa Mantānīputta ( , Pūrṇa Maitrāyaṇīputra) became his teacher. Twenty years in the Buddha's ministry, Ānanda became the attendant of the Buddha, when the Buddha selected him for this task. Ānanda performed his duties with great devotion and care, and acted as an intermediary between the Buddha and the laypeople, as well as the saṅgha ( ). He accompanied the Buddha for the rest of his life, acting not only as an assistant, but also as a secretary and a mouthpiece. Scholars are skeptical about the historicity of many events in Ānanda's life, especially the First Council, and consensus about this has yet to be established.…

Nanda may refer to: ==Places== Nanda Empire, occupying what is now northeastern India in the 4th century BCE Nanda, Maharashtra, a town in India ==People== Mahapadma Nanda, first emperor of the Nanda Empire Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ruler of the Nanda dynasty Nanda (Buddhist nun), half-sister of Siddhartha Gautama, who became Gautama Buddha Nanda (half-brother of Buddha) or Sundarananda Nanda Bayin (1535–1600), King of Burma Nanda (actress) (1939–2014), Indian film actress Nanda (surname), an Indian surname Nanda people, an Aboriginal people of Western Australia ==Other uses== Nanda (Hinduism), a character in Hindu mythology, foster-father of the deity Krishna Nanda (film), a 2009 Indian Kannada film NANDA International, formerly the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association ==See also== Nanda ministry (disambiguation) Nandha (disambiguation) Nandhaa, a 2001 Indian Tamil film

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