A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta, MN.i.229f. MN.i.237f. and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the…

A well-known paribbājaka who lived in the Paribbājakārāma on the banks of the River Sappinī near Rājagaha. He is mentioned as staying with the well-known paribbājakas, Varadhara and Sakuludāyi. …

…attributed to the Buddha, Saccaka went with a large concourse of Licchavis to the Buddha and questioned him. This was the occasion for the…

…The words he used in this saccakiriyā (yato aham bhagini ariyāya jātiyā jāto) have come to be regarded as a paritta to ward off all…

…of the Nigaṇṭha Saccaka with the Buddha, and seeing Saccaka discomfited in the debate, Dummukha compared him to a crab pulled out of a…

…AN.iv.179ff. the Jaina Saccaka, whom the Buddha won only after much argumentation, as described in the Cūḷa- and the Mahā-Saccaka…

…of the Buddha. When Saccaka the Nigaṇṭha visited the Buddha at Mahāvana, he was accompanied by five hundred Licchavis, who did not all…

…AN.i.88 In the Saccavibhaṅga Sutta MN.iii.248 the Buddha thus distinguishes these “twin brethren” from the others—…

…are detailed in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta. MN.i.238

Nanda²

The Buddha’s half-brother. He became a monk, but was dissatisifed due to…

…in the case of Ambaṭṭha, DN.i.95 and again in that of Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta. MN.i.231

…Mahāsīhanāda, Cūḷa Saccaka, Mahā Saccaka, Tevijja, Vacchagotta, Sunakkhatta and Ratana.

One hundred years after the Buddha’s death…

…Thus in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta MN.i.238 they are spoken of as going about naked, flouting life’s decencies and licking their hands…