According to Buddhist tradition, what were the Buddha’s first five disciples collectively called?

According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha’s first five disciples were called the Group of Five.

The group consisted of Kondañña, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, and Assaji. They had previously practiced austerities with Siddhartha Gautama before he adopted the Middle Way. When the Buddha began teaching after his awakening, he met them at the Deer Park at Sarnath and delivered his first sermon.

Traditional accounts say Kondañña understood the teaching first and became the earliest person to enter the Buddhist stream of awakening. The five are therefore important in stories about the formation of the sangha, the Buddhist monastic community.

This question concerns the group’s collective designation, not its number. Buddhist tradition also describes the five as former companions of Siddhartha during his years of ascetic practice. Their identities are recorded in early Buddhist texts and later biographies.