Koṣṭhila (5262)

Koṣṭhila
Entry 5262, Page 195, Col. 1

(kozWila, kozWila)
Koṣṭhila¦, also Mahā-k° and (Mahā-)Kauṣṭhila, qq.v. (= Pali Koṭṭhita or °ika or Mahā-k°, who was declared ‘first of the paṭisaṃbhidappatta’ among Buddha's disciples, cf. below), a disciple of Buddha: in Av ii.195.4 declared first of the pratisaṃvitprāpta; here and in 195.7, 196.9 (also called Mahā-k° 195.5) he is evidently identified with Dīrghanakha, q.v.; this identification not recorded in Pali but confirmed MSV iv.15.14 ff.; it should be noted that in Pali (Mahā-)Koṭṭhita is intimately associated with Sāriputta, who in Av, MSV is a nephew of Dīr- [Page195-b+ 71] ghanakha, and who was present on the occasion of the Dīghanakha-sutta even in Pali (MN i.497 ff.).

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