[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.c36.311 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.311 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.311 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.311) 1. Saṅkicca Thera.—He was born in a very eminent brahmin family of Sāvatthi. His mother died just before his birth and was cremated, but he was found unburnt on the funeral pyre.¹ The men who burnt his mother’s body, turning the pyre over with sticks, pierced the womb and injured the pupil of the child’s eye. Hence his name (Saṅkunā chinnakkhikoṭitāya = Saṅkicco). When he was discovered, they consulted soothsayers, who told them that if he lived in the household seven generations would be impoverished, but if he became a monk he would be the leader of five hundred. At the age of seven he came to know of his mother’s death and expressed a wish to join the Order. His guardians agreeing to this, he was ordained under Sāriputta. He won arahantship in the Tonsure-hall.² - [Previous: v2.c36.310](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.310) - [Next: v2.c36.312](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.312) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.311](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.311) · Pramāṇa