Pāli Dictionary

Ākoṭaka

Person

Un deva qui, visitant le Bouddha au Veḷuvana avec plusieurs compagnons, loua divers maîtres rivaux avant que Vegabbharī ne réfute ses éloges.

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Niṅka, Vegabbharī and Māṇavagāmiya.

Ākotaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools:

Pakudha-Kātiyāna (sic.),

Nigaṇṭha

Makkhali

Pūrana.

Vegabbharī made rejoinder to Ākoṭaka, speaking disparagingly of the teachers he had mentioned. S.i.65.

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