Dīrghanakha (7338)

Dīrghanakha
Entry 7338, Page 265, Col. 1

(dIrGanaKa, dIrGanaKa)
Dīrghanakha¦ (= Pali Dīgha°), n. of a mendicant to whom Buddha preached the Dīrghanakhasya parivrāja- kasya sūtraṃ: Mv iii.67.7 (to be put in, kartavyam, but not quoted here); in Pali it is MN i.497 ff., and a version [Page265-b+ 71] occurs in Av 99; acc. to DPPN, D. was a nephew of Sāriputta (but no citation is furnished for this; the MN sutta does not say so); in Av ii.186.9 ff. and MSV iv.22.1 he is the uncle (mother's brother) of Śāriputra; in this story his given name was (Mahā-)-Koṣṭhila, q.v.; he had the surname Agnivaiśyāyana, q.v.

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