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A monk. He was a Sākyan and loved holding discussions with
the heretics. When he suffered defeat at their hands, he would resort to
falsehood and evasion, or would ask his opponent to and meet him somewhere and
then go there before the appointed time and give it out that his opponent had
avoided him. This matter was reported to the Buddha, who rebuked Hatthaka for
his conduct. Vin.iv.1f.; cf. DhA.iii.390.

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