[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.c36.2371 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2371 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2371 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.2371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2371) Sāriputta died some months before the Buddha. It is true that the account of the Buddha's death in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta ignores all reference to Sāriputta, though it does introduce him⁴⁸ shortly before as uttering his "lion's roar" (sīhanāda), his great confession of faith in the Buddha, which, in the commentarial account, he made when he took leave of the Buddha to die. The Saṃyutta Nikāya⁴⁹ records that he died at Nālagāmaka (the place of his birth), and gives an eulogy of him pronounced by the Buddha after his death.⁵⁰ There is no need to doubt the authenticity of this account. It merely states that when Sāriputta was at Nālagāmaka he was afflicted with a sore disease. His brother, Cunda-Samaṇuddesa, was attending on him when he died. His body was cremated, and Cunda took the relics to Sāvatthi with Sāriputta's begging-bowl and outer robe. The relics were wrapped in his water-strainer. Cunda first broke the news to Ānanda, who confessed that when he heard it his mind was confused and his body felt as though drugged.⁵¹ Together they sought the Buddha and told him of the event, and the Buddha pointed out to them the impermanence of all things. - [Previous: v2.c36.2370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2370) - [Next: v2.c36.2372](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2372) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) ## Linked texts (2) - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16) — Pāli - [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2371) · Pramāṇa