śrāvaka [sāvaka] a disciple, an aspirant in the Theravāda School, who makes an effort to attain Arhathood. The term śrāvaka is derived from śru, to hear and hence śrāvaka means a hearer, one who follows the teaching of the Buddha in order to get enlightenment. Originally the term was used for the 'great disciples' of Śākyamuni who heard the Law from him. The Hīnayāna is divided into Śrāvakayāna, the vehicle of the hearers and the Pratyekabuddhayāna, the vehicle of solitary Buddha-s. Kāśyapa or Mahākāśyapa, Upāli, Ānanda, Anuruddha and Kātyāyana are prominent among the eighty great disciples.
Śrāvaka 聲聞 the first or initial stage in Hīnayāna, the second being that of Pratyeka-Buddha. Śrāvaka, a Sanskrit word, means a hearer. It generally relates to Hīnayāna disciple who understands the Four Noble Truth in entering Nirvāṇa.
'Listener'. A disciple of the Buddha
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[translation-san] {LCh,L,C,MSA,MV} śrāvaka
[translation-san] {C} śīṣya
[translation-eng] {Hopkins} Hearer
[translation-eng] {C} pupil; disciple
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