Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.427

v2.c36.427

Saṅgārava.—A very learned brahmin of Caṇḍalakappa. One day he saw Dhānañjānī trip up, and heard her exclaim three times, “Glory to the Buddha, the arahant, the all-enlightened.” He blamed her for thus extolling a shaveling monk, but when she told him of the Buddha’s marvellous qualities, he felt a desire to see him. Some time after, the Buddha went to Caṇḍalakappa and stayed in Todeyya’s Mango-grove. When Dhānañjānī told Saṅgārava that he was there, Saṅgārava visited him and questioned him on his views on brahmins. The Buddha said he had great regard for brahmins who had here and now won the goal, having discovered unaided a doctrine before unknown. He himself was one of these. He then proceeds to describe how he came to leave the household life and how, in due course, he won Enlightenment.