Dighanikaya 2.153

2.153

Ajitoti tassa nāmaṃ. Kesakambalaṃ dhāretīti kesakambalo. Iti nāmadvayaṃ saṃsanditvā ajito kesakambaloti vuccati. Tattha kesakambalo nāma manussakesehi katakambalo. Tato paṭikiṭṭhataraṃ vatthaṃ nāma natthi. Yathāha – ‘‘seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici tantāvutānaṃ vatthānaṃ, kesakambalo tesaṃ paṭikiṭṭho akkhāyati. Kesakambalo, bhikkhave, sīte sīto, uṇhe uṇho, dubbaṇṇo duggandho dukkhasamphasso’’ti (a. ni. 3.138).

Ajita was his name. He wears a hair-blanket, hence he is 'Kesakambala' ('Hair-blanket'). Joining the two names together in this way, he is called Ajita Kesakambala. Therein, a 'hair-blanket' means a blanket made from human hair. There is no garment worse than that. As he said: 'Just as, bhikkhus, of all woven garments, a hair-blanket is declared to be the worst of them. A hair-blanket, bhikkhus, is cold in the cold, hot in the heat, ugly, foul-smelling, and unpleasant to the touch' (Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.138).