[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.c16.707 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.707 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.707 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.707) The Suttanipāta Commentary³ mentions that, at this meal, Cunda provided golden vessels for the monks’ use; some made use of them, others did not. One monk stole a vessel and put it in his bag. Cunda noticed this but said nothing. Later, in the afternoon, he visited the Buddha and questioned him as to the different kinds of samaṇas there were in the world. The Buddha preached to him the Cunda Sutta (q.v.). The Commentary adds⁴ that Cunda reached no attainment, but merely had his doubts dispelled. The Dīgha Commentary, however, says⁵ that he became a Sotāpanna at the first sight of the Buddha and built for him a vihāra at the Ambavana. This latter incident, probably, took place at an earlier visit of the Buddha, for we are told⁶ that while the Buddha was staying in Cunda’s Mango grove, he was invited by the Mallas to consecrate their new Mote-hall, Ubbaṭaka. He accepted the invitation, preached in the hall till late at night, and then requested Sāriputta to continue, which he did by preaching the Saṅgīti Sutta. This was soon after the death of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta.⁷ The Aṅguttara Nikāya⁸ mentions another conversation between the Buddha and Cunda. Cunda tells the Buddha that he approves of the methods of purification (soceyyāni) laid down by the brahmins of the west (Pacchābhūmakā). The Buddha tells him of the teaching of the Āriyans regarding the threefold defilement and purification of the body, the fourfold defilement and purification of the speech, and the threefold defilement and purification of the mind. Cunda accepts the Buddha’s explanations and declares himself his follower. - [Previous: v1.c16.706](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.706) - [Next: v1.c16.708](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.708) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.707) · Pramāṇa