[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.c12.1696 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1696 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1696 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.1696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1696) It is said that the Elder had been the Nigaṇṭha Mahā-Saccaka in the time of the Buddha, and that the Buddha had preached to him the Mahā-Saccaka Sutta, not because he could understand it then, but because the Buddha knew that it would help him to rise to eminence in this last life as Kāḷa-Buddharakkhita.² - [Previous: v1.c12.1695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1695) - [Next: v1.c12.1697](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1697) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1696) · Pramāṇa