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A Paribbājaka, nephew (sister's son) of Sāriputta. He visited the Buddha at Sūkarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dīghanakha Sutta, at the end of which he became a sotāpanna. In the sutta he is addressed as Aggivessana (M.i.497f; ThagA.ii.95; DhA.i.79). He was originally an Annihilationist (MA.ii.477). Perhaps he is the heretic brahmin, nephew of Sāriputta, who was admonished by Moggallāna because he expressed great repugnance at the sight of Kassapa. Thag.1108ff; ThagA.ii.180. Updated: 15 September 2011 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/d/diighanakha.htm |
