[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.c36.2347 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2347 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2347 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.2347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2347) Several instances are given³⁰ of Sāriputta instructing the monks and preaching to them of his own accord on various topics—apart from the preaching of the well-known suttas assigned to him. Sometimes these suttas were supplementary to the Buddha’s own discourses.³¹ Among the most famous of Sāriputta’s discourses are the Dasuttara and the Saṅgīti Suttas (\*q.v.\*). Though Sāriputta was friendly with all the eminent monks surrounding the Buddha, there was very special affection between him and Ānanda and also Moggallāna. We are told that this was because Ānanda was the Buddha’s special attendant, a duty which Sāriputta would have been glad to undertake.³² Ānanda himself had the highest regard and affection for Sāriputta. It is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya³³ that once, when the Buddha asked Ānanda, “Do you also, Ānanda, approve of our Sāriputta?” Ānanda replied, “Who, Sir, that is not childish or corrupt or stupid or of perverted mind, will not approve of him? Wise is he, his wisdom comprehensive and joyous and swift, sharp and fastidious. Small is he in his desires and contented; loving seclusion and detachment, of rampant energy. A preacher is he, accepting advice, a critic, a scourge of evil.” - [Previous: v2.c36.2346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2346) - [Next: v2.c36.2348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2348) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2347) · Pramāṇa