Pāli Dictionary
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noun · masculine
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Potaliputta, a wandering ascetic (paribbājaka) who debated the monk Samiddhi
MN 136
sañcetanikaṃ, āvuso potaliputta, kammaṃ katvā kāyena vācāya manasā dukkhaṃ so vediyatī'ti.
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Potaliputta
PersonA wanderer who misrepresented the Buddha’s teaching on action to the monk Samiddhi, then questioned him further before walking away noncommittally, prompting the Buddha to fault Samiddhi’s hasty reply; the episode is recorded in the Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta.
MN 136
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