Pāli Dictionary

Ākoṭaka

Person

竹林精舎の仏陀を数名の仲間とともに訪れ、様々なライバル教師たちを称賛したが、ヴェーガッバリーにその称賛を論駁された神。

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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