Phagguna

Person

एक भिक्षु जिसने बुद्ध से पूछा कि क्या इंद्रियों द्वारा भूतकालीन बुद्धों को पहचाना जा सकता है, और जिसे अपनी अंतिम बीमारी में बुद्ध द्वारा सांत्वना मिली, जिससे उसने मृत्यु से पहले अर्हत्व प्राप्त किया।

A monk. In the Saṃyuttanikāya (S.iv.52) he is represented as asking the Buddha if it were possible, by means of any of the senses, to recognise and proclaim the past Buddhas. The Buddha replies in the negative. It is probably the same monk who is mentioned in the Aṅguttaranikāya (A.iii.379 ff) as having been visited during his illness by the Buddha on the suggestion of Ānanda. The Buddha found Phagguna in bed and grievously ill, and he talked to him and comforted him. Phagguna died soon after, having attained Arahantship.