Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3164

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2. Kokālika Sutta.—Gives the story of Kokālika (2) speaking ill of Sāriputta and Moggallāna before the Buddha, of Kokālika’s illness and death, of his admonition by Tuḍu, and of the announcement of his death and subsequent birth in the Padumaniraya by Sahampati to the Buddha. A monk questions the Buddha on the duration of suffering in the Padumaniraya, and the Buddha proceeds to instruct him by means of various illustrations. The sutta ends with the repetition by the Buddha of Tuḍu’s verses.¹