Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.28

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2. **Kakudha**.—A deva. He visited the Buddha at the **Añjanavana** in **Sāketa**, and asked him whether he experienced feelings of pleasure and sorrow. The Buddha replied that he had overcome such feelings and was utterly free, whereupon Kakudha uttered his praises.¹ The *Commentary*² says that this Kakudha was a Brahmā and that he was an attendant of **Moggallāna**, thus identifying him with Kakudha (3 below). He lived with the thera in his youth, died in a Jhāna-trance and was reborn in the Brahma-world.