Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1442

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3. Kātiyāna Thera.—The son of a brahmin of the Kosiya-gotta in Sāvatthi, he was called Kātiyāna after his mother's family. When his friend Sāmaññakāni joined the Order, he followed his example and exerted himself in meditation, sleeping but little. One night, overcome by sleep, he fell on the terrace where he was pacing to and fro, and the Buddha, seeing him, went himself to help him and urged him not to give up his efforts but to concentrate and contemplate. Aided by this admonition, Kātiyāna soon became an arahant. The Buddha’s sermon is included in the *Theragāthā*.¹