Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.48

v1.c12.48

The Bodhisatta was at that time a king named Khema. The Buddha’s chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sāmā and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija. Accuta and Samana, Nandā and Sunandā were his most eminent lay-supporters.¹ Kakusandha kept the fast-day (uposatha) every year.² In Kakusandha’s time a Māra, named Dūsī (a previous birth of Moggallāna), gave a great deal of trouble to the Buddha and his followers, trying greatly the Buddha’s patience.³ The Saṃyutta Nikāya⁴ mentions that during the time of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rājagaha was named Pācīnavamsa and the inhabitants were called Tivarā.