Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.772

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In the Vassakāra Sutta of the *Aṅguttara Nikāya*⁴ it is mentioned that King Eleyya, together with his bodyguard, Yamaka, Moggalla and others, were followers of Rāmaputta and that they held him in great esteem. In the *Samyutta Nikāya*⁵ the Buddha says that Uddaka claimed to be “versed in lore and to have conquered everything, digging out the root of Ill,” though he had no justification for such a claim.