Kaccāyana2
PersonAn Arahant of the time of the past Buddha Padumuttara who was declared chief among those able to expound in detail what the Buddha stated in brief, a declaration that inspired Mahā-Kaccāna, then an ascetic present at the time, to aspire to the same distinction.
An Arahant. He was a disciple of Padumuttara Buddha, and was declared by him to be chief among those who could expound in detail what the Buddha stated in brief. It was this declaration made in the presence of Mahā-Kaccāna, which made the latter, in that birth an ascetic in Himavā, wish for a like proficiency for himself under a future Buddha. Ap.ii.464; ThagA.i.484.
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