• ākotaka

A deva who visited der Buddha at Veluvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī und Mānava-Gāmiya.

ākotaka spoke before der Buddha in praise of various tjedeers of other schools:

• Pakuddha-Kātiyāna (sic.),

• Nigantha

• Makkhali

• Pūrana.

Vetambari made rejoinder to ākotaka, speaking disparagingly of the tjedeers he had erwähnt. S.i.65.