Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1645

v2.c27.1645

2. Pīṅgiya.—Called Pīṅgiya-māṇava, nephew and pupil of Bāvarī. At the time that he visited the Buddha with the other disciples he was 120 years old and very feeble. At the end of his discussion with the Buddha, as recorded in the Pīṅgiya Sutta,¹ because of his feebleness, he failed to reach any attainment. Thereupon he praised the Buddha and begged of him to go on. The Buddha preached to him further, and he became an anāgāmī, failing, however, to attain arahantship because his mind wandered to his maternal uncle, Bāvarī. His one thousand pupils, however, became arahants. Later, with the Buddha's leave, he visited Bāvarī and told him the glad tidings, describing the Buddha's glory.² At the end of his statement, the Buddha, seeing that the minds of both of them were mature, sent forth a ray of light from Sāvatthi and, appearing before them, preached to them. Thereupon Bāvarī became an anāgāmī and Pīṅgiya an arahant.³