Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2412

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In the past he was a park-keeper, and gave a coconut to the Buddha Vipassī, which the Buddha accepted while travelling through the air.¹ Perhaps he is to be identified with Nāḷikeradāyaka Thera of the *Apadāna*.² The same *Apadāna*-verses, however, are also ascribed to Khitaka Thera.³ The verse attributed to Kuṇḍala in the *Theragāthā*⁴ occurs twice in the *Dhammapada*, and is in the *Dhammapada Commentary* mentioned as having been preached once in reference to Paṇḍita-Sāmaṇera,⁵ and once in reference to Sukha-Sāmaṇera.⁶