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Nanda (Dga’ bo)

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• The most important figure by this name, for there are many, is the half-brother of Siddhārtha. He is made central figure in a lengthy kāvya writing of Aśvaghoṣa.
• Chimpa, THBI, pp. 6, 13, 82-83, 85, 94, 106.
• Blue Annals, pp. 12, 19, 28.
• Banerjee, SL, p. 200. Cowherd made into a monk by Śākyamuni.
• An exemplary monk. Lancaster, Narratives, p. 113.
• Bhadanta Nanda. One of a group of 3 teachers Tāranātha calls 'Old Yogācāryas,' since they taught about the ālaya. They lived during the time of Nāgārjuna. Ghoshal & Dutt, THBI XV, p. 41.

• Source: Tibskrit Philology