aranemi
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,Mūgapakkha,Kuddālaka,Hatthipāla and Jotipāla.In A.iv.135f a seventh name is added,Araka ; see also Divy,632.
They practised ahimsā 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 Sāvatthi,who was father of Pasenadi.He was exiled from his kingdom and lived in Campā (Rockhill,pp.16,70).But see Mahākosala.
3.Aranemi.-See Anoma (5).