Pāli Dictionary

Kakudha2

Person

කෝලිය වාසියෙකු සහ මහා-මොග්ගල්ලාන හිමියන්ගේ උපස්ථායකයෙකි; ඔහු අති විශාල මනොමය දෙවියෙකු ලෙස උපත ලැබ, දේවදත්ත සංඝයේ නායකත්වය පැහැර ගැනීමේ කුමන්ත්‍රණය මොග්ගල්ලාන හිමියන්ට වාර්තා කළ අතර, ඔහු එය බුදුන්ට දැන්වීය.

Probably identical with Kakudha (2). He was an inhabitant of Koliya and was an attendant of Mahā-Moggallāna. Having died, he was reborn among the mind-born (manomaya) devas and his form was so great that it was as extensive as “two of three common rice-fields in a Magadha village, and yet so constituted that he was in the way neither of himself nor of others.” Becoming aware of Devadatta’s plans for obtaining possession of the leadership of the Saṅgha, Kakudha reported the news to Moggallāna, who passed it on to the Buddha. The Buddha asked Moggallāna to keep the matter secret. Moggallāna informed the Buddha that he knew from experience that Kakudha’s predictions proved true (Vin.ii.185 f).

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