Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.2046
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.2046
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v2.c27.2046
On learning that Puṇṇa proposes to live in Sunāparanta, the Buddha warns him that the people of that part are fierce and violent. Puṇṇa declares that even should they kill him, he would not bear them ill-will, but would rejoice to be of use to them. He leaves for Sunāparanta, with the Buddha's approval, and there gather around him five hundred disciples of either sex who have won arahantship. After Puṇṇa's death, the monks question the Buddha about him, and the Buddha tells them that he had realised nibbāna.¹