Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.70

v1.c9.70

4. Ugga.—A householder of Hatthigāma(ka) of the Vajji country. Among householders he was declared by the Buddha to be the best of those who waited on the Order (*saṅghupaṭṭhākānaṃ*).¹ On his father’s death he was appointed to the post of seṭṭhi. Once when the Buddha went to Hatthigāma during a tour and was staying in the Nāgavanuyyāna there, Ugga came to the pleasaunce, with dancers, at the conclusion of a drinking-feast of seven days’ duration. At the sight of the Buddha he was seized with great shame and his intoxication vanished. The Buddha preached to him and he became an *anāgāmī*. Thereupon he dismissed his dancers and devoted himself to looking after members of the Saṅgha. Devas visited him at night and told him of the attainments of various monks, suggesting that he should choose only the eminent ones as the recipients of his gifts. But what he gave, he gave to all with equal delight.²