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a [[person]].
- [[friend]].
- Attendant of the [[Buddha]] and third "patriarch" of Buddhism in a way (although Gautama probably wouldn’t have used that word) in this [[kalpa]] IIUC, as he succeeded [[Kassapa]] who took the position of leader of the Sangha after Gautama passed into [[parinibbana]].
- He served the Buddha for [[25]] years and lived on for another [[20]] or so after Gautama’s death.