Pāli Dictionary

Ugga2

Person

Chief minister of King Pasenadi of Kosala, whose great wealth the Buddha contrasted with the more valuable seven kinds of Noble wealth.

The chief minister of Pasenadi, king of Kosala (AA.ii.697). He once visited the Buddha and told him how he rivaled in power and wealth the millionaire Migāra, grandson of Rohaṇa. He was worth one hundred thousand in gold alone, to say nothing of silver. The Buddha tells him that all this wealth could easily be lost in various ways, not so the seven kinds of Noble wealth faith, morality, etc.²

AN 7.7

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