SÄlha
1. SÄlha, called MigÄranattÄ. He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniya’s grandson, Rohana. See the SÄlha Sutta (A.i.193 f). He built a vihÄra for the nuns and SundarÄ«ndÄ was appointed to supervise the work. As a result, SÄlha and SundarÄ«nandÄ saw each other frequently and fell in love. Wishing to seduce her, SÄlha invited a party of nuns to his house and set apart seats for those nuns who were older than NandÄ in one part, and for those younger in another, so that NandÄ would be alone. However, she, guessing the reason for the invitation, did not go, and, instead, sent an attendant nun to SÄlha’s house for her alms, excusing herself on the plea that she was taken ill. Salha, hearing of this, set a servant to look after the other nuns and ran off to the monastery. NandÄ, on her bed, was waiting for him, and he seduced her (Vin.iv.211f). Buddhaghosa explains (Sp.iv.900) that SÄlha was called MigÄranattÄ because he was the grandson of MigaramÄtÄ, (VisÄkhÄ).
2. SÄlha. A Licchavi, who once visited the Buddha at the KÅ«á¹ÄgÄrasÄlÄ (A.ii.200). See Salha Sutta (2).
3. SÄlha. A monk of ÑÄtikÄ. The Buddha declared that he died an Arahant. D.ii.191; S.v.356.
4. SÄlha. An eminent monk who took a prominent part in the Second Council. He lived in SahajÄti, and, on hearing of the heresy of the Vajjiputtakas, retired into solitude in order to decide whether he thought their contentions right. There an inhabitant of the SuddhÄvÄsÄ informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the PÄcinakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee which discussed the dispute. He was a pupil of Ä€nanda. Vin.ii.302ff.; Mhv.iv.4f , 48, 57; Dpv.iv.49; v.22; Sp.i.34.
1. SÄlha Sutta. Records a conversation between Nandaka Thera, SÄlha MigÄranatti, and Rohana PekkhuniyanattÄ. A.i.193f.
2. SÄlha Sutta. The Licchavis, SÄlha and Abhaya, visit the Buddha at the KÅ«á¹ÄgÄrasÄlÄ and question him regarding the way that is made by purity of morals and that made by self mortification. The Buddha answers the question with many similes. The last part of the sutta describes a fighting man who is a “long distance shooter,†one who shoots by lightning, and a smasher of large objects, and the corresponding classes of the Noble disciples. A.ii.200f.
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