[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.c12.2510 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2510 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2510 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2510](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2510) Kumārapañha.—The fourth chapter of the Khuddakapāṭha.¹ It consists of ten questions which, according to the Commentaries,² the Buddha asked the young Sopāka, then an arahant though only seven years old, with the idea of giving him the upasampadā-ordination. The boy-arahant answered the questions and this conversation formed his ordination.³ These questions were elaborated by the nun of Kajaṅgalā⁴ (q.v.). The Majjhima Commentary⁵ on the Ambalaṭṭhika-Rāhulovāda Sutta seems to indicate a set of questions called Kumārapañha in connection with Rāhula when he was seven years old. - [Previous: v1.c12.2509](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2509) - [Next: v1.c12.2511](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2511) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2510](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2510) · Pramāṇa