Pāli Dictionary

saccaka

saccastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

as1be

general

  • Saccaka, a Nigaṇṭha (Jain ascetic) who debated the Buddha, also known by his clan name Aggivessana

  • MN 35

    tena kho pana samayena saccako nigaṇṭhaputto vesāliyaṃ paṭivasati bhassappavādako paṇḍitavādo sādhusammato bahujanassa.

  • MN 36

    atha kho saccako nigaṇṭhaputto jaṅghāvihāraṃ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno yena mahāvanaṃ kūṭ'āgārasālā ten'upasaṅkami.

Encyclopedia

Saccaka
Person

  • A skilled Nigaṇṭha debater of Vesāli who, after being decisively refuted by the Buddha in a public debate recorded in two discourses named for him, admitted defeat and became his follower.

MN 35

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