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