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[[Image:Vanavasin.jpg|frame|Vanavasin]]
'''Vanavasin''' (Skt. ''Vanavāsin''; Tib. ''Nagna Né''; [[Wyl.]] ''nags gnas'') — one of the [[Sixteen Arhats]].

Vanavasin was a learned scholar of the [[Vedas]] who became an ascetic in the forest and attained a certain level of realization. Knowing it was the right time to convert him, the [[Buddha]] came to the grove where he lived. Upon seeing the Buddha he was immediately filled with [[faith]]. He then listened to the [[Dharma]], studied and practiced with great devotion and attained the level of [[arhat]]. The Buddha said that amongst those who dwell in solitude, Vanavasin is the most excellent.

With a retinue of 1,400 arhats he dwells in the mountain cave of Saptaparni in [[Rajagriha]], India. He has the power to counteract the effect of actions opposed to the [[Three Jewels]], and praying to him protects from distraction and leads to the fulfilment of all wishes.

==Further Reading==
*''Crystal Mirror, volume VI'', Dharma Publishing 1984

[[Category:Sixteen Arhats]]