Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1651

v2.c27.1651

3. Pīṅgiya.—One of the seven anāgāmīns born in the Avihā-world, in the company of Ghaṭīkārā.¹ He is described as a bhikkhu, and is therefore probably identical with Pīṅgiya (2). The story of the latter having attained arahantship must, in that case, have been a later legend. It is also possible that Pīṅgiya is a variant reading for Pīṅgiyānī (q.v.).