CūḷÄbhaya
1. CūḷÄbhaya.- King of Sri Lanka (92-93 A.C.). He was the son of Ä€nanda gÄmani and built the CūḷagallakavihÄra. SivalÄ« was his younger sister. Mhv.xxxv.12-14; Dpv.xxi.39f.
2. CūḷÄbhaya.- A Thera who taught the Vinaya in Sri Lanka. Vin.v.3; Sp.i.63.
3. CūḷÄbhaya.- A Thera of Sri Lanka and a well-known commentator; he was known as Tipiá¹aka-CūḷÄbhaya. He is several times quoted in the Commentaries (e.g., VibhA.11, 16; Vsm.69, 394, 397). He had a prodigious memory. Once he shut three of the gates of AnurÄdhapura, allowing only one door for the use of those leaving the city. As each person went out he asked his name, and each of these names he was able to repeat when the owner returned in the evening to the city (DA.ii.530). He was a contemporary of CūḷanÄga (DhsA.230; SA.iii.206), with whom he held discussions. His description (given at the LohapÄsÄda) (DA.ii.442) of the details connected with the first words uttered by the Buddha after his birth, and the manner in which he walked, is accepted as authentic. He once went with a company of monks on a pilgrimage to NÄgadÄ«pa. On the way he stayed in a monastery. One of his followers, who lacked self-control, made friends with another of like temperament in the vihÄra, and CūḷÄbhaya, seeing them laugh aloud, pointed out how truly the Buddha had said in the DhÄtusaṃyutta that like joins with like. VibhA.457f.
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