Fruit of the First Path / Sotapatti / Stream-Enterer / Stream-Enterers / First Path
शाब्दिक अर्थ (Shabdartha)
Stream-entry
व्युत्पत्ति एवं धातु मूल (Vyutpatti)
Pali 'sotapatti' (entering the stream); the first of four stages of awakening recognized in the Pali Canon.
आध्यात्मिक भावार्थ व संदर्भ
A stream-enterer has permanently cut the ties to wrong view and doubt and is guaranteed full awakening within at most seven more lifetimes; many Jataka tales close with a listener reaching exactly this attainment.