Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3659

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Assalāyana is probably to be identified with the father of Mahākoṭṭhita, (q.v.), his wife being Candavati. There is, however, one difficulty connected with this theory: Mahākoṭṭhita says that he was won over to the faith after hearing the same sermon of the Buddha as converted his father (yadā me pitaram Buddho vinayī sabbasuddhiyā).³ It is unlikely, if the identification be correct, that this refers to the Assalāyana Sutta, because at the time of that Sutta, Assalāyana was only sixteen years old; but there exists no record of any other sutta preached to Assalāyana, dealing with “sabbasuddhi.”