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revato

revata

masc nom sg of revata (noun)

1. name of an arahant monk; Sāriputta's younger brother; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in forest dwelling; Revata Khadiravaniya
2. name of the 20th previous Buddha
3. name of an arahant monk; great disciple of the Buddha; foremost monk in jhāna; Kaṅkhārevata

Etymology. Sanskrit revata, of uncertain origin. The name appears in early Buddhist lists without clear etymological transparency; possibly from a root meaning 'flowing' or 'moving' (cognate with Latin rivus 'stream', though this connection remains speculative and is not established in the tradition). The word is treated as a proper noun in the canon and resists productive morphological analysis.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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