DESCRIPTION
Pūrṇa (Pali Puṇṇa ‘fullfilled’) 富樓那 also Pūrṇamaitrāyaṇīputra 富樓那彌多羅尼子 or Maitrāyaṇīputra, one of the ten chief disciples of Śākyamuni, son of Bhava by a slave girl, often confounded with Maitreya. The chief preacher among the ten principal disciples of Śākyamuni. He was ill-treated by his brother, engaged in business, and saved his brothers from shipwreck by conquering Indra through samādhi. He built a vihāra for Śākyamuni and is expected to reappear as Dharmaprabhāsa Tathagata 法明如來.
