Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.458

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7. Ānanda.—A king of vultures. He dwelt with ten thousand vultures in Gijjhakūṭa and came to hear Kuṇāla preach. At the end of Kuṇāla’s sermon Ānanda, too, discoursed in the same strain, dwelling on the evil qualities of women “keeping to facts within his knowledge.”¹ He lived in the Kuṇāladaha with Nārada, Devala, Puṇṇamukha, the cuckoo, and Kuṇāla.² In the present age the vulture-king was Ānanda Thera, the Buddha’s attendant.³