Aśvajit was one of the first five arhants of Gautama Buddha. He is known for his conversion of Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, the Buddha's two chief male disciples, counterparts to the nuns Kṣemā and Utpalavarṇā, the chief female disciples.
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Aśvajit was one of the first five arhants of Gautama Buddha. He is known for his conversion of Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana, the Buddha's two chief male disciples, counterparts to the nuns Kṣemā and Utpalavarṇā, the chief female disciples. He lived in what is now Uttar Pradesh and Bihar in northern India, during the 6th century BCE.
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