Vakkali2
PersonEither a monk in the time of the Buddha Padumuttara who aspired to be foremost in faith, or a name for the sutta recounting the Arahantship and death of the brahmin monk described in the previous entry.
A monk in the time of Padumuttara Buddha, declared chief of those having implicit faith. ThagA.i.422; Ap.ii.466.
Vakkali Sutta.– The account, given in the Saṃyuttanikāya (S.iii.119 ff ) of the attainment of Arahantship and death of Vakkali (1) (q.v.)
SN 22.87
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