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Nanda (Skt. Nanda; Tib. དགའ་བོ་, gawo, Wyl. dga' bo)—a half-brother (and also cousin) of Buddha Shakyamuni. He was the son of king Shuddhodana and his second wife Mahaprajapati (Skt. Mahāprājāpatī), who was the sister of Mayadevi, Buddha's mother.

At first he was strongly attached to his beautiful wife to be, but later became a monk and attained the level of an arhat.

↑ It should be noted that Padmakara's translation of the Tibetan word gcung as cousin is not correct; gcung means younger brother.

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-'''Nanda''' (Skt. ''Nanda''; Tib. [[དགའ་བོ་]], ''gawo'', [[Wyl.]] ''dga' bo'') — a half-brother of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. He was the son of king [[Shuddhodana]] and his second wife [[Mahaprajapati]] (Skt. Mahāprājāpatī), who was the sister of [[Mayadevi]], Buddha's mother.
+'''Nanda''' (Skt. ''Nanda''; Tib. [[དགའ་བོ་]], ''gawo'', [[Wyl.]] ''dga' bo'')—a half-brother (and also cousin) of [[Buddha Shakyamuni]]. He was the son of king [[Shuddhodana]] and his second wife [[Mahaprajapati]] (Skt. Mahāprājāpatī), who was the sister of [[Mayadevi]], Buddha's mother.
 At first he was strongly attached to his beautiful wife to be, but later became a monk and attained the level of an [[arhat]].
 ==Further Reading==
-*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 95-96.<ref>It should be noted that there is a mistake in Padmakara's translation, where Nanda is referred to as the ''cousin'' of the Buddha. The meaning of the Tibetan word ''gcung'' is younger brother. </ref>
+*[[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'' (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 95-96.<ref>It should be noted that Padmakara's translation of the Tibetan word ''gcung'' as cousin is not correct; ''gcung'' means younger brother. </ref>
 ==Notes==