PÄthikaputta
A naked ascetic of VesÄli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. PÄthikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi general Ajita would be born in the great hell (MahÄniraya), but Ajita was born in TÄvatiṃsa and accused PÄthikaputta of being a liar. Later, the Buddha visited the hermitage of PÄtikaputta, with a large following, in order to refute his claims, but PÄthikaputta avoided him and went to the TindukhÄnuparibbÄjakÄrÄma. A message was sent to him asking him to come as the Buddha was at his hermitage, but PÄthikaputta was unable to arise from his seat. Thereupon, a Licchavi minister, and, after him, JÄliya DÄrupattikantevÄsi, went to fetch him, but on discovering that he could not rise, they reviled him for his boastfulness. A.iii.13ff.
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