Aranemi
1. Aranemi.- A brahmin teacher of a past age, given in a list of six teachers, who were purohitas. A.iii.373. The others being Sunetta, MÅ«gapakkha, KuddÄlaka, HatthipÄla and JotipÄla. In A.iv.135f a seventh name is added, Araka ; see also Divy, 632.
They practised ahimsÄ and, abstaining from flesh, got rid of their lusts. As a result, they were born in the Brahmaloka. They had many disciples.
2. Aranemi.- Tibetan sources mention a king, Aranemi Brahmadatta of SÄvatthi, who was father of Pasenadi. He was exiled from his kingdom and lived in CampÄ (Rockhill, pp.16, 70). However, see MahÄkosala.
3. Aranemi.- See Anoma (5).
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