Pāli Dictionary

Ugga5

Person

An elder, son of a banker of a town in Kosala, who attained Arahantship soon after entering the Order upon hearing the Buddha teach at the Bhaddārāma.

An elder. He was the son of a banker in Ugga, in the Kosala country. When the Buddha was staying in the Bhaddārāma there, Ugga heard him teach and entered the Order. Soon afterwards he became an Arahant.¹⁷

He had been a householder in the time of Sikhī Buddha and offered him a ketaka-flower. As a result, he was born twelve times as king. He is probably to be identified with Sudassana Thera of the Apadāna.¹⁸

Thag 1.80

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