<b> <c c="#a00149">Anurādha</c> </b> <br>An Elder. Once when he was staying in a forest hut in the Mahāvana in Vesāli, near to where the Buddha was, certain wandering ascetics came to him and asked him whether or not a Tathāgata exists after death; dissatisfied with his answer they called him “fool” and went away. Thereupon Anurādha sought advice from the Buddha, who asked him “How, inasmuch as it cannot be said of a Tathāgata even in this very life that he really exists, can anything be said regarding him after death?” <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iii.116–119</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iv.380–386</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, from rādha) name of a monk [lit.] son of Rādha; (or) born under the constellation of Anurādha Construction: anu + rādha