Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.877

v1.c16.877

1. Cūla-Kāla.—The youngest of three brothers, named Kāla, householders of Setavyā. He accompanied Mahā-Kāla to Sāvatthi with a caravan, and when Mahā-Kāla entered the Order he joined him. Later, as they were returning to Setavyā, this time with the Buddha and the monks, he was sent on ahead to arrange seats in his former house, whither the Buddha and the monks had been invited. His two erstwhile wives mocked at him and persuaded him to return to the lay-life.¹ 2. **Cūla-Kāḷa.**—A previous birth of **Aññā-Koṇḍañña**. He was a householder of **Hamsavatī**, in the time of **Vipassī Buddha**. One day going to the rice-field, he hulled a kernel of rice, ate it and found it unusually sweet. He thereupon obtained his share of the field from his brother **Mahā-Kāḷa**, and gave to the Buddha and the monks the first-fruits of a single crop, nine times, at nine different stages.¹ He thus became the first to gain any attainment when Gotama Buddha preached his first sermon.²