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This article incorporates text from the Dictionary of Pali Proper Names by G. P. Malalasekera a publication now in the public domain. Maudgalyāyana (Pali: Moggallāna; Chinese: 目連; pinyin: Mùlián; Wade–Giles: Mu4-lien2; Japanese: 目犍連 Mokuren or Mokkenren) also known as Mahāmaudgalyāyana or Mahāmoggallāna was one of the Śākyamuni Buddha’s closest disciples.
