Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.31

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3. **Kakudha**.—Probably identical with **Kakudha** (2). He was an inhabitant of **Koḷiya** and was an attendant of **Moggallāna**. Having died, he was reborn among the mind-born (*Manomaya*) devas and his form was so great that it was as extensive as "two of three common rice-fields in a Magadha village, and yet so constituted that he was in the way neither of himself nor of others." Becoming aware of **Devadatta’s** plans for obtaining possession of the Saṅgha, Kakudha reported the news to Moggallāna, who passed it on to the Buddha. The Buddha asked Moggallāna to keep the matter secret. Moggallāna informed the Buddha that he knew from experience that Kakudha’s predictions proved true.¹