Editing Devadatta (section)

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In the ''[[Mahāmegha Sūtra|Mahāmeghasūtra]]'' Devadatta is called a mahāpuruṣa (great being).<ref>Radich, Michael (2015). "Tathāgatagarbha Scriptures." In Jonathan Silk, Oskar von Hinüber, Vincent Eltschinger (eds.): ''Brill's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Volume 1: Literature and Languages.'' Leiden: Brill, p. 266</ref>

In [[Faxian]]'s account, after meeting failure his attempts to murder Gautama Buddha through arrows, a rock and an elephant, Devadatta pretends to prostrate to his feet and claws at him with poisoned fingernails, but the Buddha turns his legs into rock crystal, causing Devadatta to break his nails and get poisoned himself. Gautama offers Devadatta forgiveness in exchange for Devadatta's faith, warning that whoever professes his faith falsely will go to hell. Being in great pain, Devadatta does this and is immediately swallowed by hell.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rockhill|first=William|title=The Life of the Buddha -- And the Early History of His Order|publisher=Trubner and Company|year=1884|page=107|isbn=978-0824893545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=59FAAAAAYAAJ}}</ref>