Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3684

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**Ahiṃsaka Bhāradvāja.**—One of the Bhāradvāja brothers. He came to the Buddha at Sāvatthi and the Buddha suggested to him the desirability of living up to his name by practising *ahiṃsā*. It is said that later he became an arahant.¹ Buddhaghosa² is uncertain as to the reason for the name which he says was given to him by the Recensionists. He suggests that he was so called, either because his actual name was such, or because of the nature of the discussion between him and the Buddha.