[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.c6.53 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.53 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.53 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.53) Akkosaka-Bhāradvāja.—A brahmin of Rājagaha who—incensed that his eldest brother, a member of the Bhāradvāja clan and, probably its head,¹ had been converted by the Buddha—visits the Buddha and insults him. Later he is himself converted and becomes an arahant.² The soubriquet of Akkosaka was given him by the Saṅgītikārā to distinguish him as the author of a lampoon of 500 verses against the Buddha.³ Asurindaka-Bhāradvāja was his younger brother⁴; he had two others, Sundarī Bhāradvāja and Bilaṅgika-Bhāradvāja, who also became converts and, later, arahants.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.52) - [Next: v1.c6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.54) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.53) · Pramāṇa