1) Ananda, one of the ten close shravakas disciples of Shakyamuni. 2) one of the seven successors see. {ston pa'i gtad rabs bdun}
Ananda
Ananda. One of the ten close disciples of the Buddha; the Buddha's personal attendant, who recited the sutras at the First Council and served as the second patriarch in the oral transmission of the Dharma
<person> Ever Joyous, Ānanda, Upananda