Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.391

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Aṅgulimāla (Aṅgulimālaka).—A robber who was converted by the Buddha in the twentieth year of his ministry, and who, later, became an arahant.¹ He was the son of the brahmin Bhaggava, chaplain to the king of Kosala, his mother being Mantānī. He was born under the thieves' constellation, and on the night of his birth all the armour in the town shone, including that belonging to the king. Because this omen did no harm to anyone the babe was named Ahimsaka.²