NOBLE DISCIPLE      Ariyasavaka

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Ariya Disciple
Three types of ariya disciple:
(1) The ordinary ariya disciple who attains ariyahood on gaining spiritual maturity, who has had no fixed duration to attain this goal, Pakatisavaka.
(2) The eight great disciples who had to undergo a period of a hundred thousand kappas or world-cycles in fulfilling the necessary perfection, Mahasavaka.
(3) The (two) eminent Chief Disciples who had to undergo a period of one asankheyya and a hundred thousand world-cycles in fulfilling the necessary Perfection, Aggasavaka.