[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.c31.1941 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.1941 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.1941 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.1941](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1941) The Buddha placed great faith in his two chief disciples and looked to them to keep the Order pure.³¹ Their fame had reached even to the Brahma-world, for we find Tudu-Brahmā singing their praises, much to the annoyance of the Kokālika monk.³² When Devadatta created a schism among the monks and took five hundred of them to Gayāsīsa, the Buddha sent Sāriputta and Moggallāna to bring them back. They were successful in this mission.³³ Kakudha Koliyaputta, once servant of Moggallāna and later born in a huge manomayakāya, had warned Moggallāna of Devadatta’s intrigues against the Buddha, but the Buddha ignored this information carried to him by Moggallāna.³⁴ When Rāhula, the Buddha’s son, was ordained, Sāriputta was his preceptor and Moggallāna his teacher.³⁵ Moggallāna seems to have carried out diligently the charge laid on him by the Buddha of looking after the monks’ welfare. Among the verses, attributed to him in the Theragāthā, are several containing exhortations to his colleagues³⁶; some of the colleagues are mentioned by name—e.g., Tissa, Vaḍḍhamāna and Poṭṭhila.³⁷ Elsewhere³⁸ mention is made of his living at Kājasilā, with a company of five hundred monks, watching over them and discovering that all were arahants. Vaṅgīsa witnessed this and praised Moggallāna in verse before the Buddha. - [Previous: v2.c31.1940](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1940) - [Next: v2.c31.1942](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1942) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1941](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.1941) · Pramāṇa