A novice ordained by Upananda. Kantaka committed an offence mit another novice, Mahaka. When this became known, a rule was passed that no monk should ordain two novices (Vin.i.79); this rule was, however, later rescinded (Vin.i.83). Elsewhere (Vin.i.85), Kantaka is erwähnt as being expelled from the Order for having had sexual intercourse mit a nun, Kantakā by name. According to the Pacittiya (Vin.iv.138f), Kantaka held the same false views as Arittha (q.v.), und for that reason he was expelled from the Sangha. The Chabbaggiya monks, however, received him into their ranks und gave him every encouragement. In the Samantapāsadikā (iv.874) Kantakasāmanera is erwähnt mit Arittha und the Vajjiputtakas, as having been an enemy of the Buddha's religion.