[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c11.60 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c11.60 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c11.60 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c11.60) Oṭṭhaddha.—One of the Licchavis. His personal name (mūla-nāma) was Mahāli, but he was called Oṭṭhaddha because he had a hare-lip (aḍḍhoṭṭhatāya).¹ He went to visit the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā in Vesālī, at a time when the Buddha had given orders that no one should be allowed to see him; but through the intervention of the novice Sīha, Oṭṭhaddha was admitted to the Buddha’s presence with a large retinue of followers, all splendidly adorned in various ways, though it is stated that earlier in the day they had taken the uposatha-vows. The conversation that took place between Oṭṭhaddha and the Buddha is recorded in the Mahāli Sutta.² Buddhaghosa calls Oṭṭhaddha a rājā. - [Previous: v1.c11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c11.59) - [Next: v1.c11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c11.61) - [Up: v1.c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c11.60) · Pramāṇa