[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.c31.3575 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.3575 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.3575 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.3575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3575) \*\*Moliya-Phagguna Thera\*\*.—He was always friendly with the nuns and stood up for them in discussions with the monks. This was reported to the Buddha, who sent for him and preached the \*\*Kakacūpama Sutta\*\*.¹ In the \*\*Saṃyutta Nikāya\*\*² is recorded a discussion between Moliya-Phagguna and the Buddha, regarding the consciousness-sustenance (\*viññāṇāhāra\*). Moliya asks a question as to who feeds on consciousness. The Buddha rejects the question as being wrongly put and similar questions follow, which the Buddha puts in a different form and to which he provides the answers. In another context,³ in the same collection, \*\*Kalārakhattiya\*\* is reported as saying to \*\*Sāriputta\*\* that Moliya-Phagguna had reverted to the lay life. Buddhaghosa⁴ explains that the man's name was Phagguna and that he was given the title of \*Moli\* because he wore a large knot of hair on the top of his head while he was a layman, and that the name persisted after he joined the Order. See also \*\*Phagguna\*\*. - [Previous: v2.c31.3574](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3574) - [Next: v2.c31.3576](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3576) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3575](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3575) · Pramāṇa