AmbaṭṭhaAmbaṭṭhamāṇava

A brahmin youth of the Ambaṭṭha clan who lived with his teacher, Pokkharasādi, at Ukkaṭṭha. He was learned in the three Vedas and the correlated branches of knowledge, includin …

A class of devas of the Rupaloka belonging to the plane of third jhāna.

Beings are born there who are possessed of faith, virtue, learning,…

A class of devas of the Rūpaloka, belonging to the plane of second jhāna.

Beings are born there who have absorbed the idea of boundless…

…of their lusts. As a result, they were born in the Brahmaloka. They had many disciples.

…to the Buddha that Asoka Thera had died, and asks where he had gone. The Buddha tells him that Asoka was an arahant and had realised…

A nun of Ñātikā. When Ānanda announces her death to the Buddha at Ñātikā in the Giñjakāvasatha, and inquires where she had been born, the Buddha says that she had been reborn spontaneously in the Sudd …

…AN.iv.228ff.

The palace Kokanada, built for Prince Bodhi, was in the neighbourhood of the grove. Vin.ii.127

It was while staying in this grove…

…and built a palace called Kokanada. When the palace was completed, the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana near by, and Bodhi sent a message by…

The highest of the celestial worlds, the abode of the Brahmas.

5heaven

…sixty of his descendants; Asoka, son of Samankara, and eighty four thousand of his descendants; also sixteen kings, ancestors of Okkāka. The city…

CullakokanadāCūḷakokanadāCūlakokanadā

The younger of the two daughters of Pajunna, both of whom were called Kokanadā. She visited the Buddha…

A monk, a close relative of the Buddha, who split the Sangha, and attempted to overthrow the Buddha and have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta …

KatamorakatissaKatamorakatissaka

One of the monks whom Devadatta incited to join him in stirring up discord among the Saṅgha, the others being Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vi …

A monk, one of the associates of Devadatta, mentioned with Kokālika, Katamoraka Tissa and Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍa …

The palace of Bodhirājakumāra, to which he invited the Buddha and the monks to a meal when the Buddha was staying at Bhesakalāvana; the palace was just completed. Vin.ii.127 Vin.iv.199 MN.ii.91

Bhesa …

…of Pajjunna, both called Kokanadā, though the younger was sometimes called Cūḷa-Kokanadā. They visited the Buddha at the…

KokanudaKokanada

A Paribbājaka. He meets Ānanda on the banks of the Tapodā, where they are both bathing, and enters into conversation with him….

KokālikaKokāliya

A monk, one of the chief partisans of Devadatta. Knowing the Buddha’s might, he was, at first, reluctant to join in Devadatta’s plot against him, but later allowed himself to be pers …

A hell, or a period of suffering. It is equal to twelve Padumas. The Kokālika monk was born in Kumuda hell.SN.i.152f. Snp.p.126

5hell

…of Pajjunna, both known as Kokanadā; SN.i.29f. and the brahmin Piṅgiyāni. AN.iii.237f.

The Licchavis waited on the Buddha and ministered…

Name of a branch of brahmin learning. DN.i.11 The name either refers to cosmology, or to worldly philosophy.

MahāmoggallānaMoggallānaKolita

The second of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha. He and Sāriputta went forth as disciples of Sañjaya. After some time, Sāriputta, wandering about in Rājagaha, met Assaj …

A Hell. The monk Kokālika was born there. Snp.p.126

5hell

…devarāja, the god of rain. Kokanadā and Culla Kokanadā were his daughters. SN.i.29f.

Pajjunna is mentioned among the Mahāyakkhas to be…

PaṭiyālokaPatiyāloka

A place near Rājagaha. Vin.iv.79 Vin.iv.131

near Rājagaha3town

…however, in the time of Asoka that the city enjoyed its greatest glory. In the ninth year of his reign Asoka’s income from the four gates of the…

A Mahābrahmā. When the Buddha was at the Ajapālanigrodha, hesitating as to whether or not he should preach the Dhamma, Sahampati appeared before him and begged of him to open to the world the doors of …

A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the only path out of sorrow is by way of wisdom, renunciat …

…Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.196f. records a discussion between Ānanda and the wanderer Kokanuda on the banks of the Tapodā, where they had gone…

…Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

…Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

…Tavannika, Tavakinnoka

A householder who realised Nibbāna from knowledge of the Tathāgata. He is mentioned in a list of such…

When Kokālika was grievously ill, Tudu visited him and exhorted him to put his trust in Sāriputta and Moggallāna. But Kokālika refused to accept his advice and drove him away. SN.i.149 AN.v.171

…Brahma worlds of the Rūpaloka plane. Beings are born there as a result of developing the fourth jhāna. Their life span is five hundred great…

…His constant attendant was Asoka; Caṇḍā and Candamittā were his chief women disciples. His chief lay patrons were Punabbasummitta and Nāga…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, while shaving, he gained insight. Thag.169–170

…It belongs to the Rūpaloka and is in the plane of second jhāna The devas living there subsist on joy. SN.i.114 Their span of life is two…