Pāli Dictionary
Part of speech
noun · masculine
general
Sunakkhatta; name of a Licchavi prince and former monk who was a personal attendant of the Buddha but later defamed him
MN 12
assosi kho āyasmā sāriputto sunakkhattassa licchaviputtassa vesāliyaṃ parisati evaṃ vācaṃ bhāsamānassa, n'atthi samaṇassa gotamassa uttarimanussadhammā alam'ariyañāṇadassanaviseso.
MN 105
taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta, api nu tassa purisassa tasmiṃ vante puna bhottu'kamyatā assā'ti?
doctrine
(as neuter noun) the Sunakkhattasutta; a discourse in the Majjhima Nikāya (MN 105)
MN 12
assosi kho āyasmā sāriputto sunakkhattassa licchaviputtassa vesāliyaṃ parisati evaṃ vācaṃ bhāsamānassa, n'atthi samaṇassa gotamassa uttarimanussadhammā alam'ariyañāṇadassanaviseso.
MN 105
taṃ kiṃ maññasi, sunakkhatta, api nu tassa purisassa tasmiṃ vante puna bhottu'kamyatā assā'ti?
Part of speech
noun · neuter
Root
nakkh1attain; arrive
general
auspicious occasion; good star sign; favorable constellation
Encyclopedia
Sunakkhatta
PersonA Licchavi prince of Vesāli and former personal attendant of the Buddha who left the Order, denounced him as lacking superhuman powers, and prompted the teaching of the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta.
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