Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.359

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**Vattabbaka-Nigrodha.**—A famous Elder in the time of Piṭirājā (**Vaṭṭagāmaṇi**). He was a *sāmaṇera*, and, during the prevalence of the **Brahmaṇatissabhaya** (*q.v.*), looked after his teacher at the risk of his own life, once even climbing a palmyra-tree in order to get him some nuts. Later, feeling that the care of an old and feeble man was too much for him, his teacher advised him to go away alone. The teacher was later eaten by cannibals.