Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.314

v1.c9.314

4. **Uttara.**—A thera. At the time of the Vajjian heresy, he was the attendant of the Elder Revata and had been twenty years in the Order. The Vajjians of Vesālī went to him and, after much persuasion, succeeded in getting him to accept one robe from them. In return for this he agreed to say before the Saṅgha that the Pācīnaka bhikkhus held the true Doctrine and that the Pātheyyaka monks did not. Thereafter Uttara went to Revata, but Revata, on hearing what he had done, instantly dismissed him from attendance upon him. When the Vesālī monks were informed of the occurrence, they took the nissaya from Uttara and became his pupils.¹