Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2632

v2.c36.2632

Sigālakapitā (Siṅgālaka°) Thera.—He was a householder of Sāvatthi and had a son called Sigālaka. Later he entered the Order, and the Buddha asked him to meditate on the idea of a skeleton. He lived in the Bhesakalāvana in Sumsumāragiri, and there a woodland sprite once encouraged him with a verse.¹ Thus, urged to strive, he developed insight and became an arahant.