PotthapÄda
1. Poá¹á¹hapÄda.- A ParibbÄjaka. A discussion between him and the Buddha on trance and on the soul, which took place in MallikÄrÄma in SÄvatthi, is reported in the Poá¹á¹hapÄda Sutta. Poá¹á¹hapÄda, accepting the Buddha’s views, was jeered at by his companions for doing so. Two or three days later he again visited the Buddha with Citta HatthisÄriputta (q.v.), when the Buddha continued the earlier discussion on personality and the soul. At the end of the discourse Poá¹á¹hapÄda became the Buddha’s follower (D.i.178ff). Poá¹á¹hapÄda is identified with Pukkusa of the MahÄ Ummagga JÄtaka. J.vi.478.
2. Poá¹á¹hapÄda.- The Bodhisatta born as a parrot. For his story see the RÄdha JÄtaka (1). J.i.495f.
3. Poá¹á¹hapÄda.- A parrot, younger brother of RÄdha, the Bodhisatta. Poá¹á¹hapÄda is identified with Ä€nanda. For his story see the RÄdha JÄtaka (2). J.ii.132 ff.
4. Poá¹á¹hapÄda.- A parrot born as the younger brother of the Bodhisatta and identified with Ä€nanda. For their story see KÄlabÄhu JÄtaka. J.iii.97 ff.; see also J.iv.129.
5. Poá¹á¹hapÄda.- In the past he was born as Sunetta, son of King Kitava, and because he insulted a Pacceka Buddha he was reborn in AvÄ«ci. Later he was born in a family of fishermen near Kuṇá¸inagara, but, remembering his past lives, he refused to take part in any fishing. His parents therefore cast him out, but Ä€nanda, finding him starving, gave him food, and, at the Buddha’s suggestion, ordained him. He soon became an Arahant and dwelt with twelve others in SÄnavÄsipabbata. Poá¹á¹hapÄda’s kinsmen became petas, and his parents sent to him a brother, of whom Poá¹á¹hapÄda was specially fond, to plead for his intervention. He therefore begged alms, and offered them to his colleagues in the name of his kinsmen, who thus regained happiness. Pv.iii.2; PvA.177 ff.
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