Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c13.241

v1.c13.241

2. Khujjasobhita Thera.—One of the Pācinaka (“Eastern ”) monks who proclaimed the ten indulgences at Vesāli. He was one of their representatives on the Committee of the Saṅgha appointed to settle the dispute between the monks of Vesāli and the orthodox monks.¹ According to the Mahavaṃsa² this Khujjasobhita was a disciple of Ānanda and, therefore, to be identified with Khujjasobhita (1). The latter was, however, an arahant, and therefore not likely to side with the Vesāli heretics. The identification is evidently incorrect also on other grounds, among them that of age.