Devadatta
Devadatta | |
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Death of Devadatta, sinking into the Earth | |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Translations of Devadatta | |
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| Sanskrit | देवदत्त (Devadatta) |
| Pali | देवदत्त (Devadatta) |
| Bengali | দেবদত্ত (Debdotto) |
| Burmese | ဒေဝဒတ် (Dewadat) |
| Chinese | 提婆達多 (Tipodaduo) |
| Japanese | 提婆達多 (Daibadatta) |
| Khmer | ទេវទត្ត (Tevatort) |
| Korean | 데바닷타 (RR: (Debadatta)) |
| Lao | ເທວະທັດ (Thevathat) |
| Sinhala | දේවදත්ත දෙව්දත් |
| Thai | เทวทัต (Thewathat) |
| Vietnamese | Đề-bà-đạt-đa |
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Devadatta was by tradition a Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha. The accounts of his life vary greatly, but he is generally seen as an evil and divisive figure in Buddhism, who led a breakaway group in the earliest days of the religion.