Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2893

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Kuṭadanta.—A very learned brahmin of Khānumata, which village had been given to him by King Bimbisāra as a *brahmadeyya*. The Buddha arrived at Khānumata when Kuṭadanta was making preparations for a great sacrifice and, wishing this sacrifice to be successful, he consulted the Buddha on the holding of sacrifices. The Buddha preached to him the Kuṭadanta Sutta. At the end of the discourse he became a *sotāpanna*.¹ The conversion of Kuṭadanta is considered one of the great spiritual victories won by the Buddha.² As a disputant, Kuṭadanta is classed with Ambaṭṭhaka, Soṇadaṇḍa and Saccaka.³