A deva. He visited the Buddha at the Añjanavana in Sāketa, and asked him whether he experienced feelings of pleasure and sorrow. The Buddha replied that he had overcome such feelings and was utterly free, whereupon Kakudha uttered his praises (S.i.54 f). The Commentary (SA.i.89) says that this Kakudha was a Brahma and that he was an attendant of Mahā-Moggallāna, thus identifying him with Kakudha (3 below). He lived with the thera in his youth, died in a Jhāna-trance and was reborn in the Brahma-world.