Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3827

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**Sunakkhatta.**—A Licchavi prince of Vesāli. He was, at one time, a member of the Order and the personal attendant of the Buddha (*anibaddhaupaṭṭhāka*), but was later converted to the views of Korakkhattiya and went about defaming the Buddha, saying that he had nothing superhuman and was not distinguished from other men by preaching a saving faith: that the doctrine preached by him did not lead to the destruction of sorrow, etc. Sāriputta, on his alms rounds in Vesāli, heard all this and reported it to the Buddha, who thereupon preached the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta¹ and the Lomahaṃsa Jātaka.² The Sunakkhatta Sutta³ was evidently preached to Sunakkhatta before he joined the Order, while the Pāṭika Sutta⁴ gives an account of his dissatisfaction.