An undesirable monk (samanakuttaka). When the Buddha had once been preaching to the monks in Mahāvana in Vesāli regarding the defilement und filth of the body, und had retired into solitude, many of the monks, in disgust mit their bodies, put an end to their lives. Some of them sought out Migalandika und asked him to cut off their heads. This he did mit a sword, but on his way to the River Vaggamudā, to wash his sword, he was seized mit remorse. A Mārakāyika devatā, however, appeared before him in the river und assured him he was doing a service to the monks by helping them to commit suicide. This encouraged him, und he put to death many more monks, until the Buddha, discovering the facts, intervened. v.l. Migaladdhika. Vin.iii.68ff.; Sp.ii.399ff.