Ajakalāpaka untranslated

Ajakalāpaka. A Yakkha who tried to frighten the Buddha, but who, later, became his disciple (Ud.4-5). When he returned from a certain Yakkha­assembly he found the Buddha seated on his couch, as had already been told to him in the assembly by Sātāgira and Hemavata. In anger he tried in various ways to cast out the Buddha, but failed in his efforts and ended by becoming his disciple (Ud­a.63ff. For a note on this passage see JPTS 1886, 94ff).

Two explanations are given of his name: aje kalāpetvā bandhanena ajakoṭṭhāsena saddhiṁ baliṁ paṭicchati, no aññathā... keci pana ajake viya satte lāpetī ti, Ajakalāpako ti, having tethered them with ropes, he accepts offerings together with the goat-butchers, not otherwise ... but some say he prattles like a goat, thus he is called Ajakalāpaka. (Ud­a.64).