[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.990 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.990 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.990 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.990) These attempts to encompass the Buddha’s death having failed, Devadatta, with three others, decides to create a schism in the Order and asks the Buddha that five rules should be laid down, whereby the monks would be compelled to lead a far more austere life than hitherto. When this request is refused, Devadatta persuades five hundred recently ordained monks to leave Vesāli with him and take up their residence at Gayāsīsa, where he would set up an organisation similar to that of the Buddha. But, at the Buddha’s request, Sāriputta and Moggallāna visit the renegade monks; Sāriputta preaches to them and they are persuaded to return. When Devadatta discovers this, he vomits hot blood and lies ill for nine months. When his end approaches, he wishes Kakudha. This account lends point to the statement contained especially in the Northern books, that even in their lay life Devadatta had always been Gotama’s rival. - [Previous: v1.c14.989](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.989) - [Next: v1.c14.991](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.991) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.990) · Pramāṇa