[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.c31.2145 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2145 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2145 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2145) \*\*Mahāvedalla Sutta.\*\*—A series of questions asked by Mahā Koṭṭhita on psychological topics—e.g., understanding, consciousness, feeling, perception, pure mental consciousness (\*manoviññāṇa\*), isolated from the five faculties of bodily sense—the eye of understanding, right outlook, types of rebirth, first \*jhāna\*, etc.—and Sāriputta’s answers thereto.¹ The sutta was probably originally compiled rather as a “lesson” for learners than as a genuine enquiry by Koṭṭhita. This sutta it was which obtained for Koṭṭhita the rank of pre-eminence among those possessing the \*paṭisambhidā\*.² - [Previous: v2.c31.2144](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2144) - [Next: v2.c31.2146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2146) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2145) · Pramāṇa