Editing Devadatta (section)

{{Short description|Buddhist monk, cousin and brother-in-law of Gautama Siddhārtha}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
{{for|the damselfly genus|Devadatta (damselfly)}}
{{Infobox religious biography
| religion           = [[Buddhism]]
| caption            = Death of Devadatta, sinking into the Earth
| image              = 049 Devadatta, who had been the Bodhisatta's Enemy in every Life and attacked Him in this Life is Swallowed by the Earth (9273515792).jpg
}}

{{Infobox Buddhist term
| title = Devadatta
| en = 
| pi = देवदत्त<br>(Devadatta)
| sa = देवदत्त<br>(Devadatta)
| bn = দেবদত্ত<br>(Debdotto)
| my  = ဒေဝဒတ် <br> (Dewadat)
| my-Latn = 
| zh = 提婆達多 <br> (Tipodaduo)
| zh-Latn = 
| ja = 提婆達多<br>(Daibadatta)
| ja-Latn = 
| km = ទេវទត្ត<br>(Tevatort)
| ko = 데바닷타
| ko-Latn = (Debadatta)
| lo = ເທວະທັດ <br> (Thevathat)
| mnw =
| mnw-Latn = 
| shn = 
| shn-Latn = 
| si = දේවදත්ත<br>දෙව්දත්
| si-Latn = 
| ta = 
| th = เทวทัต<br>(Thewathat)
| bo = 
| bo-Latn = 
| vi = Đề-bà-đạt-đa
| id = 
| pu = ਣੇਥਣਤ੍ਭ
}}

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'''Devadatta''' was by tradition a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] monk, cousin and brother-in-law of [[Gautama Siddhartha|Gautama Siddhārtha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/devdutt-pattanaik-how-devdutt-saved-buddhism/18772160|title=Devdutt Pattanaik: How Devdutt Saved Buddhism|date=25 November 2017 }}</ref> The accounts of his life vary greatly, but he is generally seen as an evil and divisive figure in Buddhism, who led a breakaway group in the earliest days of the religion.