Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3596

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**Assagutta Thera.**—A dweller in the Vattaniya hermitage. Nāgasena’s teacher sent him to Assagutta to spend the rainy season with him. There was an old woman, a devout follower of the Faith, who had for thirty years or more looked after Assagutta; it was while preaching to her that Nāgasena became a Sotāpanna.¹