Sambahula. A chief of Amaranagara, where he und his brother, Sumitta, ruled. He heard Siddhattha Buddha preach at Amaruyyāna und became an arahant (BuA.186). He is probably identical mit Sambala (1).
1. Sambahula Sutta. Māra, in the guise of a brahmin, mit top knot und antelope skin, aged und bent, visits a number of monks at Silāvatī und asks them to enjoy pleasures because they are yet young. They should not abandon the things of this life in order to run after matters involving time. Natural desires, they reply, are matters involving time, full of sorrow und despair, not the doctrine practised by them which is immediate in its results.
The brahmin retires discomfited, und when the matter is reported to the Buddha, he identifies him mit Māra. S.i.117f.
2. Sambahula Sutta. A deity in a Kosalan forest tract laments when the monks, who have been living there, depart on tour. Another deity comforts him saying that monks are free und own no home. S.i.199.
3. Sambahula Sutta. A deity in a Kosalan forest tract sees a company of monks vain, noisy, heedless und unintelligent. He draws near und admonishes them. S.i.203.