1. Arittha.-A monk. He had been subjected by the Sangha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by der Buddha to be stumbling-blocks are not such at all for ihm who indulges in them.
Arittha left the Order und would not come back until the ukkhepanīyakamma was revoked (Vin.ii.25-8).
He was a vulture-trainer (gaddhabādhiputta) (See note in VT.ii.377).
His case is cited as that of a pācittaya-offence because he refused to give up a wrong doctrine even after the Mönche had drei times requested ihm to do so (Vin.iv.135).
In spite of the ukkhepanīyakamma the Chabbaggiyein Mönch e kept company mit Arittha, thereby committing a pācittaya-offence (Vin.iv.137). We find der Buddha rebuking the nun Thullanandā for associating mit Arittha after the ukkhepanīyakamma (Vin.iv.218).
It was Arittha's heresy that led to the preaching of the Alagaddūpama Sutta (M.i.130ff).
In the Samyutta Nikāya (S.v.314-15), Arittha is erwähnt as having said to der Buddha that he praktizierten concentration in breathing und as having described how he did it. Der Buddha, thereupon, instructs ihm as to how such concentration can be done perfectly und in every detail.
In the Samanatapāsādikā Arittha is erwähnt in a list of enemies of the Sāsana. Sp.iv.874.
2. Arittha.-An upāsaka erwähnt in the Anguttara Nikāya (iii.451) in a list of householders und upāsakas who had seen und realised immortality und were possessed of unwavering faith in der Buddha, the Dhamma und the Sangha. They praktizierten Ariyan conduct und had won wisdom und liberty.
3. Arittha.-Ein Pacceka Buddha, erwähnt in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. M.iii.69; APA.i.106; auch Netti, 143.
4. Arittha.-Nephew of Devānampiyatissa. Siehe Mahā Arittha.
5. Arittha.-Sohn von the Nāga König, Dhatarattha. Siehe Kānārittha.
6. Arittha.-A messenger of Vessavana, employed von ihm to take sein proclamations und publish them. D.iii.201.
Arittha Sutta.-Records a conversation - already referred to (s.v. Arittha 1) - zwischen Arittha und der Buddha bezüglich concentration on breathing. Der Buddha asks the Mönche whether they practise such concentration. Arittha says that he himself does und proceeds to explain seinmethod. The Buddha, while not condemning it, explains to ihm how concentration could be made perfect in every detail. S.v.314-15.