upasena
Upasena (identity of 1, 2, and 3, and of any of them with one of the Pali personages of this name, not certain), ( 1 ) n. of a monk who converted Śāriputra: Mv iii.60.3 ; ( 2 , possibly = 1) n. of a nephew of the three Kāśyapas, who became a follower of Buddha: Mv iii.431.1 ; doubtless the same iii.103.2 (named after Nadī-Kāśyapa and GayāKāśyapa) and Mvy 1053 (named shortly after UruvilvāKāśyapa and Nadī-K°); ( 3 ) Upasena Balāntīputra ( perh. = Pali U. Vaṅgantaputta? Instead of Balāntī- Tib. , gar mkhan ma , points to Nartakī-), n. of an evidently important Buddhist elder, who had a retinue of 500 monks: MSV iii.21.12 ff. ; ( 4 ) n. of a former Buddha: Mv i.138.9 .