…of the Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta, who taught him a dilemma to set the “Samaṇa Gotama.” In the Buddha’s reply, the prince recognised the…

…Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta, MN.i.229f. MN.i.237f. and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the Dantabhūmi Sutta…

…there that Yasa Kākandakaputta saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what measures should be taken against the Vesālī monks was also…

…by the naked ascetic Pātikaputta to the effect that he had been born in the Mahāniraya as a result of having followed the teaching of the Buddha….

…where they are expounded by the Buddha to Sāriputta.

…heard of Upaka Maṇḍikāputta having spoken rather impolitely to the Buddha, he at once flew into a rage. AN.ii.182

Bimbisāra had married a…

…also records a conversation that took place between Anuruddha and Sāriputta during a stay in Ambapālivana….

…Soma, AN.iii.358 and Sāriputta, AN.v.9 the last-mentioned experiencing a special kind of samādhi where he realised that bhavanirodha was…

…then received from Sāriputta, as topic of meditation, the eight thoughts of a great man. AN.iv.228ff. Another conversation he had with…

…of silver.“ And yet Aputtaka ate nothing except sour husk-gruel left over from the previous day and wore only hempen garments.

In the next…

…(gaddhabādhiputta).

His case is cited as that of a pācittiya offence because he refused to give up a wrong doctrine even after…

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

They were…

…to Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta SN.iv.317 as a man habitually lives so goes he forth to his destiny. The Buddha points out the absurdity of this…

…a suitable opportunity, Sāriputta asked Assaji about his teacher and the doctrines he followed. Assaji was at first reluctant to preach to him,…

…a special dislike for Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Once the Buddha, on his way somewhere from Sāvatthī, accompanied by Sāriputta, Moggallāna…

…Kaccāna

• Nanda Kumāraputta
• Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa
• Dhammapāla
• Abhayarājakumāra
• Isidatta and Isidāsī

Mahā Kaccāna seems to…

…Sutta. MN.ii.83–90

It is said that after the interview Avantiputta became a follower of the Buddha’s teaching.

…robber and murderer who was converted by the Buddha in the twentieth year of his ministry, and who later…

A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

4town

…shrine in the neighbourhood of Vesāli, to the north of that city. DN.iii.9 The Buddha is said to…

…to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and,…

…Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta in the company of Ānanda, with whom he discussed the righteous and the unrighteous life SN.v.15f. and the…

…among monks of aristocratic birth. AN.i.23 He belonged to a family of the Sākyan rājas of Kapilavatthu…

…as staying with Jātipupphiya at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, but he is probably a different person.

…Bhoja country, modern Vidarbha.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.6f. the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.

…sent a message by Sañjikāputta, inviting the Buddha to the palace, that he might bless it by being its first occupant. The Buddha agreed to come…

The son of Sudinna Kalandakaputta by the wife of his lay days. He was conceived after Sudinna had already been ordained. His wife came to him during…

…AN.v.151 Vin.i.3121 Sāriputta AN.iv.59 and Vaṅgīsa SN.i.195 are also said to have stayed there. The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.147…

A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikāputta to the monks, is recorded in the Silāyūpa Sutta. AN.iv.402f.

The name of the devaputta whose abode is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called Candimā. There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the…

A royal clan of Nāgas. Vin.ii.110 AN.ii.72

…pain. He was visited by Sāriputta and Mahā Cunda, and when they discovered that he contemplated suicide, they tried to deter him, promising to…

…monk, son of an elephant trainer, who, having entered the Order, studied under the Buddha and…

…the Buddha at Jetavana Sāriputta’s bowl and outer robe and his relics wrapt in his water-strainer.

Mahā-Cunda was evidently a disciple of…

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 to travelling monks and of directing them to meals. He …

…she was visited both by Sāriputta and by Moggallāna during a tour in the district. AN.iv.64 In Dakkhiṇāgiri, Sāriputta heard of the lack of…

…which took him to Pāṭaliputta, he visited the Kukkuṭārāma to call upon Ānanda. Learning that Ānanda was at Beluvagāma near Vesāli, he…

…once is mention made AN.iv.402f. of the text of a sermon by Devadatta. Candikāputta reports this to Sāriputta, who makes it an occasion for…

A devaputta who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there…

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana and spoke a verse. SN.i.52

…follower of Nāṭaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Nāḷandā, and there followed a discussion on actions and their efficiency….

…with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and Kaṇhāgotamakas. For their own protection, monks are advised to fill their hearts with amity for these…

…follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta. In his retinue were Yamaka, Moggalla, Ugga, Nāvindakī, Gandhabba, and Aggivessa, all of whom were also…

…Pasenadi, the latter addresses him as Gagga Mantāniputta. MN.ii.102

An attendant of King Eḷeyya and a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…probably of Pāṭaliputta. On coming to visit Benares, he saw Udena there in Khemiyambavana and had a conversation with him, recorded in…

…time to time, such as Sāriputta, MN.iii.263 AN.iii.300 SN.ii.155 Ānanda, AN.iii.383 Mahā Kassapa, Anuruddha, Puṇṇa Mantāniputta, Upāli…

Probably the mother of Devadatta, who is sometimes called Godhiputta. Vin.ii.189

…Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge of these arrangements….

…Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300

Gopaka³

A deva. A series of verses attributed to…

…monks, among whom were Sāriputta, Moggallāna and others, their conversation led to the preaching of the Mahāgosiṅga Sutta….

…Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

Pāṭaliputta2building

…and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the brahmin Kandarāyana….

…Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preached a sermon there….

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of taming this mind like an elephant. Thag.77

…the Order. There Dabba Mallaputta is asked by monks to provide for them accommodation. Vin.ii.76 Vin.iii.41

It was also the scene of the suicide…

…are several between Sāriputta and Mahākoṭṭhita, SN.ii.112f. SN.iii.167f. SN.iv.162f. SN.384ff. and one between Mahākoṭṭhita…

…visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as nibbāna, arahantship, the āsavas,…

A devaputta. He saw a number of monks in a forest-lodge on the slopes of the Himālaya, muddled in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared…

…monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his former pride and arrogance and how these have been left behind due…

…and tried to get Pātikaputta to come. But the latter was unable to come, being fixed in his seat. Jāliya thereupon spoke insultingly to him,…

…with Subha Todeyyaputta, MN.ii.209 the other with Pilotika. MN.i.175ff. His discussion with Pilotika he reported to the Buddha, who…

KallavāḷaputtaKallavālaKanavālamutta

A village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh…

…On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his…

…devaputta. He visited the Buddha late one night at Jetavana and uttered several stanzas, admonishing monks to train…

…Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Katamorakatissa was held in high esteem by Thullanandā, for we are told…

…place there between Sāriputta and Moggallāna is recorded in the Padesa Sutta. SN.v.174f. A discussion which took place there on another…

KesamuttaKesaputta

A township of the Kosalans and the residence of the Kālāmas. The Buddha once stayed there, on which occasion he preached the…

…Vin.iii.171 Khaṇḍadeviyāputta defended Devadatta when others blamed him Vin.iii.174 and was held in great esteem by Thullanandā. Vin.iii.66…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke several verses on the desirability of leading the good life….

…learned ascetics of Pāṭaliputta. Thag.234–236 He was evidently one of the Pācīnaka (’Eastern“) monks who proclaimed the ten indulgences at…

An epithet of Kakudha, Moggallāna’s attendant. Vinii.185

…Opasāda, MN.ii.164 Kesaputta of the Kālāmas, AN.i.188 Candalakappa, MN.ii.209 Toraṇavatthu, SN.iv.374 Dandakappa, AN.iii.402 Nagaravinda,…

…excommunicate Yasa Kākandakaputta, he went by air to Kosambī, and from there sent messengers to the orthodox monks in the different centres….

…the ascetics Puṇṇa Koliyaputta and Seniya. MN.i.387 SN.v.115

After the Buddha’s death the Koliyans of Rāmagāma claimed and obtained…

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The…

…Kosala, which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famous. AN.i.188ff. Among members of…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha and told him that the path of the Ariyan disciples was hard to follow and their goal hard to win. The Buddha…

…they would ask Dabba Mallaputta to find them lodgings there because they wished to see evidence of Dabba’s iddhi-powers. Vin.ii.76…

…asked of the Buddha by Pañcālacaṇḍa-devaputta.

…of monks, including Sāriputta and Moggallāna, the Assajipunabbasukā, were asked to provide lodgings for the visitors. They agreed to do so…

…to the admonitions of Sāriputta and to the Buddha’s joy when these had the desired effect.

The Buddha ranked him as foremost among sweet…

…Cāpāla, Sattambaka, Bahuputta, Gotama, Sārandada and Udena. It is, however, apparent from the Buddhist books themselves that Vesāli was also…

…place was visited by Sāriputta and Moggalāna and also by Acela Kassapa. SN.iv.300

According to the Vinaya, Vin.ii.15f. they were accompanied…

…wishing to put Dabba Mallaputta’s powers to the test, would often ask him to provide lodging there for them. Vin.ii.76…

…of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal family of Ujjeni. Madhurā was visited by…

…Isidatta, Avantiputta, Lohicca, Ārāmadaṇḍa, and Kandarāyana.

He often stayed in Avantī, where King Caṇḍappajjota consulted…

…often in the company of Sāriputta, and it is said Thag.1086 that once, seeing the profound homage the gods payed to his colleague, he smiled by way…

…seek alms. Ud.iii.7

Sāriputta seems to have held Kassapa in great esteem, and the Kassapa Saṃyutta contains two discussions between them: one…

…AN.iii.392ff.

Sāriputta evidently had a great regard for Koṭṭhita; the Theragāthā Thag.1006–1008 contains three stanzas in which…

…between Moggallāna and Sāriputta was mutual, as was the admiration. Sāriputta’s verses in praise of Moggallāna Thag.1178–1181 are even more…

…and Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta appear to have had followers among the Mallas. Pāvā was the scene of Nāṭaputta’s death, just as Kusinārā…

…morality against Dabba Mallaputta, who seems to have earned their special dislike. Dabba was in charge of the distribution of alms at the ārāma…

…this…

A man in the retinue of King Eḷeyya. He was a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.187

…the same collection Kaḷārakhattiya is reported as saying to Sāriputta that Moliya Phagguna had reverted to the lay life.

…Treasurer, Piyaka, consulted the Elder Nārada who lived at Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta and persuaded him to visit the king. Nārada…

…reigned. Later, Pāṭaliputta became the capital. By the time of Bimbisāra, Aṅga, too, formed a part of Māgadha, and he was known as king…

MāluṅkyāputtaMāluṅkyaputtaMālukyaputta

The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him. One set speaks of the dangers of…

…legends of an actual devaputta, named Māra, also called Vasavatti, because he was an inhabitant of the Paranimmitā Vasavatti deva world. In…

…devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while these all…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha and had a conversation with him. S.i.62.

Nanda⁶Kumāputta

A monk whose…

Nandana¹

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc. The Buddha answered…

…were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta preached two sermons at the request of the Buddha….

…NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the…

A Thera mentioned as staying at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. Vin.i.300

NiṅkaNika

A deva who visits the Buddha in the company of several other devas and utters a verse in praise of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. SN.i.65f.

…Erāpatha, Chabyāputta and Kaṇhāgotamaka. The enmity between the Nāgas and the Garulas is proverbial. DN.ii.258 In the…

…Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. At that time King Muṇḍa was grieving over the death of his wife, Bhaddā, to the neglect of everything else,…

The followers of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. DN.iii.117

One of King Eḷeyya’s guards. He was a follower of Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…and it was there that Sāriputta uttered his “lion’s roar,” affirming his faith in the Buddha, shortly before his death.DN.ii.81f.…

…Moliya. SN.iv.230 Potaliputta calls on Samiddhi, MN.iii.207 Susīma on Ānanda, SN.ii.119 and Jambukhādaka on Sāriputta. SN.iv.251

The…

…Uggāhamāna Samanamandikāputta, and the Buddha preached to him the Samaṇamaṇḍikā Sutta. MN.ii.23ff.

The Anuruddha Sutta…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among…

…Standing by was Paṇḍuputta, watching him and wishing that he should shape it without blemish. When Samīti did so, Paṇḍuputta expressed…

One of the Theras dwelling in the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta in the time of the Buddha. Vin.i.300

…MN.ii.200ff. Subha Todeyyaputta, another disciple, is reported to have said that Pokkharasāti—here described as Opamañña (of the Upamañña…

…teaching, and Potaliputta then asked him questions regarding experience, which Samiddhi answered. Potaliputta, showing neither approval nor…

…Buddha with Citta Hatthisāriputta>, when the Buddha continued the earlier discussion on personality and the soul. At the end of the discourse…

…is spoken of as a kulaputta. MN.iii.238

After his untimely death Pukkusāti was born in the Avihā world, where, together with six others,…

…hearing of the fame of Puṇṇa, wished to meet him, and went to Andhavana, where Puṇṇa was…

…century A.C. Near Pātaliputta was the Kukkutārāma, where monks (e.g. Ananda, Bhadda and Nārada) stayed when they came to Pātaliputta…

…and accused Pātikaputta of being a liar. Later, the Buddha visited the hermitage of Pātikaputta, with a large following, in order to…

…Sānavāsī, Yasa Kākandakaputta and Sumana. Vin.ii.301ff. In this connection the Pāveyyakā are also described as “Pacchimikā” in…

…had finished speaking, Sāriputta recited the Saṅgīti Sutta to the assembled monks.

Pāvā was also a centre of the Nigaṇṭhas and, at the…

…are mentioned Kevaddha, Upāligahapati and Asibandhakaputta.

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…among whom was the devaputta Asama. SN.i.65 He was consulted by the Licchavis Abhaya SN.v.126 and Mahāli SN.iii.68 and by the wanderer…

…and Yasa Kākandakaputta, were anxious to consult him, Revata left Soreyya, and, travelling through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, Udumbara…

A devaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Jetavana and asked if one could, by travelling, reach the end of the world where there would be no…

…time, the attendant of Sāriputta, and there is a verse in the Theragāthā Thag.993 spoken to him by Sāriputta, who was pleased with Rādha’s…

…last the Buddha asked Sāriputta to ordain him. When Suddhodana heard of this he protested to the Buddha, and asked as a boon that, in future, no…

…was ordained by Sāriputta. Vin.i.82 This is probably the only passage in the Pitakas where Rāhulamātā is mentioned by name.

Tradition…

…in connection with the Vajjiputta heresy at the Second Council. He was, at that time, the oldest Thera in the world. He sat on the committee…

…Points raised by the Vajjiputtakas. Revata had gone there from Soreyya, and Yasa followed him, passing through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja,…

…devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of several other Devas, and…

…; at S.i.47 Māghadevaputta is called Vatrabhū, slayer of Vṛṭra.

Sakka rules over Tāvatiṃsā, the lowest heaven. His palace is…

…the Vajjiputtaka heresy arose, his help was sought by Yasa Kākandakaputta. At that time he lived on Ahogaṅgapabbata and was…

…is also teased by Potaliputta for pretending to expound the Dhamma after being only three years in the Order. The Aṅguttara AN.iv.385f.…

…by his side, Paṇḍuputta was watching, wishing that Samiti might shape the felloe without crook, twist, or blemish. When Samīti did this,…

During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.

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…place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. Upasena died of snake bite….

…and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Order. The Buddha, being told of this, visited the Paribbājakārāma,…

…between him, Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita, that he preferred the person who obtains relief by faith, to one who testifies to the truth…

…of the six famous heretical teachers of the Buddha’s day. He was a great skeptic, his teaching being the…

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

…Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Saṅkassa. The road he took…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and held a conversation with him regarding the giving of food. He tells the Buddha that he was…

The name of a god. A devaputta, named Siva, is mentioned in the Saṃyutta SN.i.56 as visiting the Buddha and speaking several verses on the…

…monk whose Theragāthā verse says that the night is for striving, not sleeping….

…young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The…

Subrahmā¹

A devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the…

A wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the value of earnestness….

…for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several eminent monks, visited Macchikāsaṇḍa and stayed in the monastery. Citta heard…

SudinnaKalandakaputta

A monk who, after being ordained, returned to his former wife and had relations with her, thus becoming guilty of the first…

…of Sunakkhatta was Pātikaputta, and Sunakkhatta wished the Buddha to pay honour to him. But the Buddha quoted to Sunakkhatta the words of Ajita,…

A devaputta, king of the Nimmānaratī world. SN.iv.280 AN.iv.243

A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the…

Susīma¹

A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all…

Suyāma¹

A devaputta, chief of the Yāma-devas. AN.iv.242 DN.i.217

Suyāma²Suyāmana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses…

…Vin.i.289 of Sāriputta, Moggallāna and Anuruddha staying together in Sāketa. Bhaddākāpilāni Vin.iv.292 also stayed there, so did…

…the news, as given in the Sāmagāma Sutta, of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta’s death, was brought to him.

Sākiya3town

…as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he questioned…

…personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great friend of Mahāmoggallāna. After going forth together under Sañjaya, he heard the essence of the…

…informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācinakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee…

…him, but Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta dissuaded him, saying that Gotama denied the result of actions and was not worth a visit. But in the end Sīha,…

…Sutta to Dīghanakha. Sāriputta was also present, and the sutta led to his attainment of arahantship. MN.i.497 MN.i.501

A conversation which the…

…far from Rājagaha, and monks would come from afar late at night and, in order to test Dabba Mallaputta’s powers, ask him to provide lodgings for…

…dwelling of wanderers near Vesāli. It was the residence of Pāthikaputta. DN.iii.17

near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery

…the teachings of Rāmaputta.

Todeyya²

A disciple of Bāvarī. Snp.1006 He visited the Buddha, and his questions, with the…

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

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and uttered certain verses in the hearing of the monks, telling of the necessity of following the…

…the monks and spent the night in the hall. It was on this occasion that Sāriputta recited the Saṅgīti Sutta. DN.iii.207ff.

Pāvā3building

…high regard for Uddaka-Rāmaputta, for after the Enlightenment, when looking for someone to whom the Dhamma might be preached, and who was capable…

…is mentioned with other shrines at Vesāli—Gotamaka, Sārandada, Sattamba, Cāpāla and Bahuputta—all of which are described as…

…for monks at Pāṭaliputta; this assembly-hall was named after him. MN.ii.157ff.

Udena³

An upāsaka of Kosala. He built a…

…a follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta, whom the king too held in veneration. AN.ii.180

Ugga²

A householder of Hatthigāma of the Vajji…

…Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at…

…the latter.

Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Paribbājaka Sāmaṇḍaka visited him and talked to him about Nibbāna. SN.iv.261–262…

…Upacālā and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata. Thag.43 He is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.133…

…once visited the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa and stated before him his view that whoever starts abusive talk of…

UpasenaVaṅgantaputta

When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him…

…enquirer, and he asks Sāriputta about the “end-maker”; Sāriputta explains that the “end-maker” is the one who knows and sees things as…

…Tapassī, and later Nāṭaputta himself, go to Upāli’s house, where they learn the truth. When Nāṭaputta is finally convinced that Upāli…

…devaputta who visits the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa. He utters a stanza, and the Buddha, in another stanza,…

…DN.i.95 and again in that of Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta. MN.i.231

…in the forest. Thag.62 Vajjiputta’s story is given in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201f.

A Vajjiputta, perhaps the same person, has another verse…

A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmita-vassavatti world. DN.i.219 Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he…

…charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, and the Buddha ordered the monks to…

…his colleagues—e.g. Sāriputta, Thag.1231–1233 Aññā Koṇḍañña, Thag.1246–1248 and Moggallāna. Thag.1249–1251 One of…

An epithet of Ajātasattu. It means either “son of the lady from Videha” or “son of the wise woman”.

…fifty yojanas from Pātaliputta and was founded by the Sākiyans who fled from Vidūdabha’s massacre Mbv., p. 98.

Vedisa is identified with the…

…During this stay Sāriputta received from the Buddha an explanation as to why the religious systems of the three previous Buddhas lasted so…

…Sattambaka cetiya, the Bahuputta cetiya, and the Sārandada cetiya. Other monasteries are also mentioned, in or near Vesāli e.g., Pātikārāma,…

…Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā….

…announced to her that Sāriputta and Moggallāna were on their way to Velukanta. She, delighted with the news, made all preparations and sent word…

…at Veḷuvana, Dabba Mallaputta, at his own request, was appointed regulator of lodgings and apportioner of rations. Vin.ii.74 The Buddha was at…

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha and asked him a question. SN.i.52

…monk whose Theragāthā verses speaks of not attacking the virtuous, nor praising oneself….

…the committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

…devatā SN.i.205 or devaputta. Some of these, like Indakūta and Sūciloma, are capable of intelligent questioning on metaphysics and ethics….

A man belonging to the retinue of King Eḷeyya. He was a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…monk who lived about a century after the Buddha, and who was one of the leaders in the events of the Second…

…A fourth leader, Paṇḍuputta, of wagon-building stock, is mentioned in the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta MN.i.31 ; there is also the well-known…

…by Puṇṇa Mantāniputta and became a Sotāpanna SN.iii.105 Ānanda remained close to the Buddha for the following 25 years, and…

…stayed there with Sāriputta.

Several suttas were preached at Āpaṇa, among them the Potaliya Sutta, MN.i.359ff. Laṭukikopama Sutta (to…

…the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.240ff. MN.ii.94ff. MN.ii.212ff. the Buddha…