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| − | A [[disciple]] of [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha]]. When [[Shakyamuni]] was a prince, [[Kalodayin]] was his subject. Later [[Kalodayin]] renounced secular life and became a [[disciple]] of the [[Buddha]]. He is said to have failed to observe the [[precepts]], but later attained the state of [[arhat]] and converted 999 families in [[Shravasti]]. According to The Ten Divisions of Monastic Rules, [[Kalodayin]] was killed and his head buried in horse dung by the jealous husband of a woman who gave him [[offerings]] when he was begging for alms in [[Shravasti]]. According to another account, [[Kalodayin]] happened to discover a young {{Wiki|Brahman}} woman's love affair. Fearing he would tell her husband, she feigned sickness and asked him, as a [[Buddhist]] [[monk]], to come to care for her. When he arrived, she had her servant behead him. | + | A [[disciple]] of [[Shakyamuni]] [[Buddha]]. When [[Shakyamuni]] was a {{Wiki|prince}}, [[Kalodayin]] was his [[subject]]. Later [[Kalodayin]] renounced secular [[life]] and became a [[disciple]] of the [[Buddha]]. He is said to have failed to observe the [[precepts]], but later attained the state of [[arhat]] and converted 999 families in [[Shravasti]]. According to The Ten Divisions of [[Monastic]] Rules, [[Kalodayin]] was killed and his head buried in [[horse]] dung by the jealous husband of a woman who gave him [[offerings]] when he was begging for [[alms]] in [[Shravasti]]. According to another account, [[Kalodayin]] happened to discover a young {{Wiki|Brahman}} woman's [[love]] affair. Fearing he would tell her husband, she feigned [[sickness]] and asked him, as a [[Buddhist]] [[monk]], to come to care for her. When he arrived, she had her servant behead him. |
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Kalodayin
[迦留陀夷] (Skt; Jpn Karudai)
A disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha. When Shakyamuni was a prince, Kalodayin was his subject. Later Kalodayin renounced secular life and became a disciple of the Buddha. He is said to have failed to observe the precepts, but later attained the state of arhat and converted 999 families in Shravasti. According to The Ten Divisions of Monastic Rules, Kalodayin was killed and his head buried in horse dung by the jealous husband of a woman who gave him offerings when he was begging for alms in Shravasti. According to another account, Kalodayin happened to discover a young Brahman woman's love affair. Fearing he would tell her husband, she feigned sickness and asked him, as a Buddhist monk, to come to care for her. When he arrived, she had her servant behead him.
