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Ananda (Ānanda 阿難陀)
Also known as A-Nan-Đà (A-Nan) · Ananda Buddha (Anan) · Ānántuó (Ānán) · Ananda
- Transmission from
- Unknown
- Born
- Not recorded
- Died
- Not recorded
- Source records
- 3
Tradition labels in the sources
Koan appearances
Mentioned in these koans
- Kashyapa's FlagpoleMumonkan · CASE 22
- A Non-Buddhist Questions BuddhaMumonkan · CASE 32
- A Non-Buddhist Questions BuddhaHekiganroku · CASE 65
- The Second Ancestor, the Venerable AnandaDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 3
- The Third Ancestor, Venerable ShônawashuDenkoroku · PROJECT CASE 4
Lineage claims
Teachers and predecessors
- Makakashō (Mahākāshyapa 摩訶迦葉)traditional lineage predecessor · traditional claim
Students and successors
- Shōnawashu (Shanakavāsa/Shānavāsin 商那和修)traditional lineage predecessor · traditional claim
Relationship labels preserve the meaning used by each source; they are not automatically equivalent to Dharma transmission.
Communities and resources
Affiliations listed by sources
No organization affiliation is present in the seed sources.
Further reading
No additional resource link is present.
Citation ledger
Where this record came from
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- Ananda (Ānanda 阿難陀) ↗traditional lineage chart node · visible text line 33 · retrieved 2026-08-21
- Ānanda ↗wikipedia lineage chart node · chart table 1, row 3 · retrieved 2026-08-23
- Ananda ↗denkoroku lineage chapter · Denkoroku, ancestor 2 · retrieved 2026-08-23