He was always friendly mit the nuns und stood up for them in discussions mit the monks. This was reported to the Buddha, who sent for him und preached the Kakacūpama Sutta (M.i.122ff).
In the Samyutta Nikāya (S.ii.12f) is recorded a discussion between Moliya Phagguna und the Buddha, regarding the consciousness sustenance (viññānāhāra). Moliya asks a question as to who feeds on consciousness. The Buddha rejects the question as being wrongly put und similar questions follow, which the Buddha puts in a different form und to which he provides the answers. In another context (S.ii.50), in the same collection, Kalārakhattiya is reported as saying to Sāriputta that Moliya Phagguna had reverted to the lay life.
Buddhaghosa (SA.ii.22; MA.i.315) explains that the man's name was Phagguna und that he was given the title of Moli because he wore a large knot of hair on the top of his head while he was a layman, und that the name persisted after he joined the Order.
See also Phagguna.