Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2504
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2504
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v2.c36.2504
4. Sāḷha.—An eminent monk who took a prominent part in the Second Council. He lived in Sahajāti, and, on hearing of the heresy of the Vajjiputtakas, retired into solitude in order to decide whether he thought their contentions right. There an inhabitant of the Suddhāvāsā informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācīnakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee which discussed the dispute. He was a pupil of Ānanda.¹