[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.c31.2829 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2829 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2829 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2829](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2829) Māluṅkyāputta Thera (v.l. Māluṅkyaputta, Mālukyaputta).—Son of the assessor (agghāpanika) of the king of Kosala, his mother being Māluṅkyā. He was religious by nature, and, when he came of age, became a Paribbājaka. Later, he heard the Buddha preach and joined the Order, becoming an arahant.¹ The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him: one² spoken on his visit to his home after attaining arahantship when his people tried to lure him back by a great display of hospitality; the other³ in connection with a brief sermon preached to him by the Buddha before he became an arahant. The Thera asked the Buddha for a doctrine in brief and the Buddha gave him one. The verses contain a detailed account of the stanzas which were only outlined to him by the Buddha. - [Previous: v2.c31.2828](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2828) - [Next: v2.c31.2830](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2830) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2829](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2829) · Pramāṇa