[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) › v2.c26.44 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c26.44 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c26.44 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.44) Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā.—A man and his wife, householders of Sumsumāragiri in the Bhagga-country. When the Buddha visited the village and stayed at Bhesakaḷāvana, they went to see him. They immediately fell at his feet, calling him "son" and asking why he had been so long away. It is said that they had been the Bodhisatta's parents for five hundred births and his near relations for many more. The Buddha preached to them and they became sotāpannas. The Buddha visited their village once more when they were old. They entertained him, telling of their devotion to each other in this life and asking for a teaching which should keep them likewise together in after-life. The Buddha referred to this in the assembly of the Saṅgha, declaring them to be the most intimate companions (vissāsikā) among his disciples.¹ - [Previous: v2.c26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.43) - [Next: v2.c26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.45) - [Up: v2.c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26) ## Linked texts (2) - [Dutiyasaṃvāsasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara.4.54.6.1) — Pāli - [Aṅguttaranikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.anguttara) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c26.44) · Pramāṇa