Kakudha2
PersonKoliya 人,曾为大目犍连的侍者,命终后转生为体形巨大的意生天;他察知提婆达多夺取僧团领导权的阴谋,通报目犍连转告佛陀。
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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