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Piṅgalakoccha

Person

사왓티(Sāvatthi)의 바라문으로, 제타 숲(Jetavana)에서 붓다가 그에게 《쭐라사로빠마 경》(Cūḷasāropama Sutta)을 설한 뒤 스스로 제자임을 선언했다.

A brahmin of Sāvatthi.

He visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha taught him the Cūḷasāropama Sutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s follower (M.i.198 ff).

Buddhaghosa says (MA.i.422) that the man’s name was Koccha, and that he was called Piṅgala because he was tawny (piṅgaladhātuko).

MN 30·Takes refuge

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