[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.c36.2632 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2632 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2632 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.2632](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v2.c36.2631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2631) - [Next: v2.c36.2633](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2633) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2632](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2632) · Pramāṇa