Kāḷaka
Personसाकेत का एक करोड़पति और निगण्ठों का अनुयायी, जिसका पुत्र अनाथपिण्डिक की पौत्री चूळ-सुभद्दा से विवाहित था; बुद्ध को सुनकर स्रोतापन्न बना, उसने अपने उद्यान से निगण्ठों को बलपूर्वक निकाल दिया और उसे काळकाराम नाम से बुद्ध के लिए एक विहार बनाने हेतु दान कर दिया।
A millionaire (seṭṭhi) of Sāketa. His son was the husband of Cūḷa-Subhaddā (q.v.) and therefore son-in-law of Anāthapiṇḍika. Kāḷaka was a follower of the Nigaṇṭhā. When the Buddha visited Sāketa, at the request of Cūḷa-Subhaddā, Kālaka listened to his discourse and became a Stream-winner (sotāpanna). He gave his park, the Kāḷakārāma, to the Buddha, and built a vihāra there after removing, by force, the Nigaṇṭhā, who were in possession.
AA.ii.482 f; but see DhA.iii.465 f, where the millionaire’s name is given as Ugga of Uggapura; see also Dvy.402, where the name of the city is Puṇḍavardhana and that of Anāthapiṇḍika’s daughter Sumāgadhā.
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