…and afterwards attained arahantship. Thag.26 The Abhayarājakumāra Sutta MN.i.392ff. contains the dilemma episode. It also mentions that at…

…and in due course became an arahant. DN.i.177

In the Majjhima Nikāya MN.iii.124ff. we are told that he was an old friend of Bakkula Thera, and…

…Thig.25–26 Vin.ii.277 Later she attained arahantship.

…a convert, enters the Order, and, in due course, attains arahantship. SN.i.166f.

…ahiṃsā. It is said that later he became an arahant. SN.i.164

…saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what measures should be taken against the Vesālī monks was also held there, and at the meeting…

…which made him an arahant. SN.iv.105–107

Among others who lived here from time to time are mentioned the Elders Khema, Soma,…

…the Order, and on the seventh day thereafter became an arahant. Thig.151–156

…before becoming an arahant is reported. AN.i.281–282 He went into the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country to practise these. He…

…Surely the Buddha who is an arahant, etc., could make the whole world go to heaven thus if he chose. To this the Buddha answers no, and explains,…

…asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka was an arahant and had realised Nibbana. SN.i.358

…alms. Vin.i.13 He became an arahant, together with the others, at the preaching of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.14

He was responsible for the…

…are told that eighty-eight arahants obeyed the summons. Vin.ii.298–299

Even in the Buddha’s day there were rumours of the King of Avanti…

…DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha once visited Avihā. DN.ii.50–51

…met the Buddha, and having listened to his discourse became an arahant. Thig.145–150

26.8, 82.21park

…Sutta was preached he became arahant. Vin.i.13–14 He was the first to be ordained with the formula “ehi, bhikkhu” and the first to receive…

…and who later became an arahant. MN86

As a result of his deeds whole villages were deserted, and the king ordered a detachment of men to seize…

…to be followed and, profiting by the lesson, eight days later Mahā Kassapa became an arahant. This was on the road from Rājagaha to…

…the eighth day he became an arahant. Later, the Buddha declared him to be foremost in good health. AN.i.25

He espoused the virtue of an ascetic…

An arahant, preceptor of Ānanda. He was once afflicted with scurvy and his robes clung to him. The monks thereupon applied water to the robes, but…

…same night Bhadda became an arahant. The next morning the Buddha called to him saying, “Come, Bhadda,” and that was his full ordination, at age…

…soon afterwards attaining to arahantship. Dwelling in the bliss of Nibbāna, under a tree in a lonely spot, Bhaddiya used to exclaim “Ahh, what…

…self mastery and won arahantship. Thag.271–274 MN.iii.155 Vin.i.350 Vin.ii.182

A monk named Bhagu is mentioned Vin.i.300 as staying with…

…and later became an arahant. His brothers Akkosaka Bhāradvāja, Asurindaka Bhāradvāja, Bilaṅgika Bhāradvāja and Saṅgārava…

…him, and he was pleased and entered the Order, becoming an arahant in due course. SN.i.164

…in solitude and became an arahant. One day he went to Sāvatthī for alms, and, in due course, arrived at his mother’s house. She was in the…

…forth effort, soon became an arahant. SN.iv.63f.

It is perhaps the same monk—called Bāhiya or Bāhika—who is mentioned elsewhere…

…Bījaka and his mother later left the world and became arahants. Vin.iii.17–19

…them from afar, he made a special effort and became an arahant. Thag.299–302

…renounced the world and soon afterwards attained arahantship. Thig.122–126

…country, Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit which the Buddha paid to him.AN.iv.228 Vin.i.300f. The Janavasabha Sutta DN.ii.200 leads us to…

…to Channa, for he was an arahant at the moment of death. MN.iii.263ff. SN.iv.55ff.

Channa³

A monk of the Sakiyan clan whose…

…never again to leave it, for he soon after became an arahant. DN.i.199ff.

A nun whose Therīgāthāspeak of how in her old age she went to Gijjhakūṭa and there, after meditation, she attained arahantship. Thig.27–28

…eminent Elder and was, therefore, evidently an arahant.

An eminent arahant, declared chief among monks skilled in creating forms by mind-power and in mental “evolution” (cetovivaṭṭa)….

An arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings…

…and developing insight on this theme, she became an arahant. Thig.48–50

…slipped and fell. Meditating on this, she became an arahant. Thig.17

…and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there is nothing left for an arahant to do….

…until, at last, he became an arahant. His followers imitated him in every step of his spiritual advancement, and they, too, became arahants.

The…

…Sutta they all became arahants. Vin.i.33f. Gayā-Kassapa is reported Thag.345f. to have said that he used to bathe three times a day at…

…various vain attempts to win arahantship, achieving only temporary emancipation of mind, from which he then fell away. Six times this happened and…

One of Bāvarī’s disciples. He went to the Buddha, asked questions, and became an arahant Snp.1006 Snp.1084–1087

…the Order and became an arahant.

The Therīgāthā, Thig.400–447 which contains forty-seven verses ascribed to her, describes not only her…

…to the Buddha and became an arahant. Vin.i.15f. It was at Isipatana, too, that the rule was passed prohibiting the use of sandals made of talipot…

…at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas, sakkāya, ignorance, the…

…Uggaha, did likewise. AN.iii.36f.

The Sutta Vibhaṅga Vin.iii.37f. contains the story of an arahant on whom a woman committed a misdemeanour…

…after his ordination, and on the seventh day, while meditating there, he became an arahant, being admonished by the Buddha, who warned him…

…those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove always to excel themselves…

…gave himself up to much striving and became an arahant. SN.i.198f.

…where he attained to arahantship at the moment of his birth. He is mentioned with six others, all in like circumstances, by Ghaṭīkāra,…

…leading the good life. SN.i.57

Khema³

An arahant. AN.iii.358

…ask whether Khemaka was an arahant. “No,” came the answer, and Dāsaka had to visit him a fourth time with the inquiry, What did Khemaka mean…

Khemā

An arahant, chief of the Buddha’s women disciples for her great wisdom. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses depict her being described as…

…of 30,000 monks, all arahants. His attendant was Sotthija, his father was Yaññadatta, his mother was Uttarā, and the king at the time was…

…there enjoying the bliss of arahantship, are included in the Theragāthā. They speak of the fools who judge only by outward appearance….

…abandon the five hindrances; arahants have completely destroyed them from the root. The interview took place in the Nigrodhārāma at…

…listening recluses became arahants, hence the title conferred on him.

The Theragāthā contains verses in which he celebrates wisdom and…

…number of those attaining arahantship, and we find him consulting the Buddha as to what should be done. SN.ii.224f. At the First Council, when…

…That very day he attained arahantship.

Sāriputta and Moggallāna are declared to be the ideal disciples, whose example others should try to…

…insight and soon after won arahantship, while her five hundred companions attained to the same after listening to the Nandakovāda Sutta. Later,…

An arahant, friend of Tissa of the Tissa Metteyya Sutta. His personal name, too, was Tissa, but he was better known by his clan name of Metteyya. In…

…to live in solitude prior to his attainment of arahantship.

…who ended by joining the Order, later becoming an arahant. MN.i.502ff.

…attainment of arahantship, because in both the Buddha speaks disparagingly of him.

In the Mālunkyāputta Sutta in the Aṅguttara,…

…be shown, among whom the arahants are perfect. Mānatthaddha became the Buddha’s follower. SN.i.177f.

Mānatthaddha²

A Pacceka…

…sincerely, attaining arahantship. Ud.iii.2 His Theragāthā verses speak of his struggle with desire. Thag.157f.

Later, on seeing how…

…hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 AN.iv.358ff. From that time the Buddha declared him foremost among exhorters of the nuns….

…others, and he soon attained arahantship. Thereafter he dwelt with his companions in the Pācīnavaṃsamigadāya. Vin.i.350f. It was to them that…

…of the Buddha and the Arahants.

In the accounts given of the Nāgas, there is undoubtedly great confusion between the Nāgas as supernatural…

…of life and became an arahant. Thag.267–270 Another day, while walking with the Buddha, they came to a cleft in the road, and the Buddha…

…of nibbana, he is not an arahant. SN.ii.115f. Elsewhere AN.iii.57f. he is mentioned as staying in the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. At…

…him. Phagguna died soon after, having attained arahantship.

…failing, however, to attain arahantship because his mind wandered to his maternal uncle, Bāvarī. Later, with the Buddha’s leave, he visited…

…arahant who announced before the Buddha his readiness to answer the questions of any doubting monks, thus uttering his…

…in the Avihā world, where, together with six others, he became an arahant at the moment of his birth. SN.i.35 SN.i.60

…to them and they became arahants. They were among the first eleven arahants, and were ordained by the “ehi bhikkhu pabbajjā.”….

…MN.i.205ff. It was there that Anuruddha became an arahant. AN.iv.228f.

Ceti3park

…dwelling alone, he attained arahantship within a short time. Then, with the Buddha’s permission, he returned to Thullakoṭṭhita and dwelt in…

…Thag.3 Before he became an arahant he was greatly troubled in mind as to what was permissible for him to use and what was not, hence his name,…

…Thig.271–290 contains a set of verses spoken by her in exaltation, when, after becoming an arahant, she recalled to mind the discussion she…

…discourse, Rāhula became an arahant, together with one hundred thousand crores of listening devas.

The Buddha declared Rāhula foremost among…

…at Gijjhakūṭa. The Buddha told him of the nine standards which an arahant monk cannot possibly transgress. AN.iv.371

…therefore a kinsman of the arahant.

In a passage in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201 Sakka is represented as descending from heaven to make an enquiry…

…the assembly of the arahants held on Ahogaṅgapabbata, Sambhūta suggested that they should seek the support of Soreyya Revata. Together…

…and soon afterwards won arahantship. He then declared his attainment in a verse and Māra retired discomfited. SN.i.119f. Thag.46

Once when…

…when, inward vision suddenly expanding, he attained arahantship. Thag.405–410

…very own. “Then you are an arahant,” says Savittha, and Musila remains silent. In the other conversation, Nārada, present at the discussion, in…

…“Glory to the Buddha, the arahant, the all enlightened.” He blamed her for thus extolling a shovelling monk, but when she told him of the…

…But later he will give it to the Order and become an arahant. DN.iii.75f.

…Order with his pupils, and, at the end of a week, he attained arahantship. Snp.p.104ff. MN.ii.146f.

…he joined the Order and, in due course, became an arahant. MN.i.387ff.

…by the lesson and becomes an arahant. He then visits the Buddha and declares to him his new found vision. AN.iii.374f. Thag.632

The Vinaya…

…and soon became an arahant. DN.ii.148ff.

Subhadda³

A lay disciple of Nātikā. He was an anāgāmī and was born in the…

…for insight, she attained arahantship on the eighth day. Thig.338–361 The Buddha saw this and praised her in three verses….

…example, and they all became arahants. Vin.i.19f.

Subāhu²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the joy of meditating in his…

…and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there they attain arahantship.

The Buddha is mentioned as having visited…

…herself the attainment of arahantship. DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.

Sujātā³

Youngest sister of Visākhā. She was the daughter of…

…talked with the Buddha about arahants. AN.iii.348f. He may be identical with one of the other Sumanas.

Sumana⁴

A Yakkha chief, to be…

…to join the Order. Shortly afterwards she attained arahantship. Thig.448–522

…the Order and attained arahantship.

In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a brahmin, named Varuṇa, who left his ten children and became…

…and questioned him regarding the description of an arahant. AN.iv.369f.

…declared that he died an arahant. DN.ii.191 SN.v.356

Sāḷha⁴

An eminent monk who took a prominent part in the Second Council. He…

…led to his attainment of arahantship. MN.i.497 MN.i.501

A conversation which the Buddha had there with Sāriputta is recorded in the Saṃyutta…

…and not long after became an arahant. Tissa lived in Sāvatthī and when his elder brother died, he went home and was persuaded by his relations to…

…and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his thousand pupils became arahants. Tissa was his personal name and Metteyya that of his…

…heard the Buddha preach, entered the Order and soon became an arahant SN.iv.306ff. Thag.1091–1145

…in that very life, become an arahant. AN.i.228

Udāyī was evidently a clever and attractive preacher, for he is mentioned as having addressed…

…vanquished him and became an arahant. This account is found in both the Therīgāthā and the Saṃyutta, but the sources ascribe different verses…

…Order, afterwards winning arahantship. It was here, too, that the Buddha asked the monks if they had any doubts they wished to hear solved…

…he had made sixty-one arahants and sent them out on tour to preach the Doctrine, he returned to Uruvelā, to the Kappāsikavanasanda and…

…declaring that he was not an arahant, neither did the way he followed lead to arahantship. Thereupon Kassapa owned defeat and reverently asked for…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse tell of how he overcame his desire and confusion and attained arahantship. Thag.252–254

…by her after becoming an arahant, the result of her determination not to leave the sitting posture till she had won emancipation….

…on this and becomes an arahant.

Perhaps he is also identical with Uttiya Paribbājaka, who is represented in the Aṅguttara Nikāya…

…is to be attained by a non arahant’s understanding and asks for a further exposition of the Doctrine. The Buddha tells him to proceed to the…

…and his companions became arahants, at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.12 A verse attributed to him is found in the Theragāthā….

Vaḍḍhamātā>

An arahant, mother of Vaḍḍha. Her conversation with Vaḍḍha and his declaration to her after becoming an arahant are…

…him what, according to the arahants, was the cause of weal and woe. “The existence of the senses,” answered Udāyī; and she, expressing her…

…the Order and attained arahantship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of being peaceful amidst a storm….

…after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, hearing of her return, visited her at the nunnery and asked her various questions regarding the…

…the Buddha at Mithilā where he joined the Order, becoming an arahant at the end of three days. Thig.313–325

…been listening, became an arahant. When, therefore, Yasa’s presence became known to his father, who asked him to return to his grieving mother,…

…forth effort and attained arahantship. Some time after, the Buddha visited Vesāli during a journey and asked Ānanda to send for Yasoja and his…