[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.c17.71 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c17.71 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c17.71 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.71) Once, when in the Ghositārāma in Kosambī, Channa committed a fault but was not willing to acknowledge it. When the matter was reported to the Buddha, he decreed that the ukkhepaniya-kamma be carried out against him, forbidding him to eat or dwell with the Saṅgha. He therefore changed his residence, but was everywhere “boycotted,” and returned to Kosambī subdued and asking for reprieve, which was granted to him.⁵ Later, in a dispute between the monks and the nuns, he deliberately sided with the latter; this was considered so perverse and so lacking in proper \*esprit de corps\*, that the Buddha decreed on him the carrying out of the Brahma-daṇḍa whereby all monks were forbidden to have anything whatsoever to do with him. This was the last disciplinary act of the Buddha, and the carrying out thereof was entrusted to Ānanda.⁶ When Ānanda visited Channa at the Ghositārāma and pronounced on him the penalty, even his proud and independent spirit was tamed; he became humble, his eyes were opened, and dwelling apart, earnest and zealous, he became one of the arahants, upon which the penalty automatically lapsed.⁷ In the past, Channa met Siddhattha Buddha going towards a tree, and being pleased with him, spread for him a soft carpet of leaves round which he spread flowers. Five kappas ago he became king seven times, under the name of Tiṇasanthāraka.⁸ - [Previous: v1.c17.70](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.70) - [Next: v1.c17.72](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.72) - [Up: v1.c17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.71](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c17.71) · Pramāṇa