Ajitamāṇava untranslated

Ajitamāṇava. One of the disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha at the request of their teacher. He was the first to question the Buddha, and the questions asked by him form the Ajitamāṇavapucchā of the Pārāyaṇavagga of the Suttanipāta (Sn.197f). At the end of the conversation he became Arahant with a thousand followers and entered the Saṅgha (Snp-a.587, but see Thag­a. (infra), where he is said to have become an Arahant later).

He was the son of a Brahmin of Sāvatthī, price­assessor (aggāsaniya) to the King of Kosala (Thag­a.i.73f).

According to the Aṅguttara Commentary (i.184) he was the nephew of Bāvarī, and the latter particularly asked him to come back to him with news of the interview with the Buddha (Thag­a.loc cit).

In a previous birth he offered a kapiṭṭha-fruit to Vipassī Buddha. He is probably to be identified with the Kapiṭṭhaphaladāyaka Thera of the Apadāna (Ap.ii.449).

A verse attributed to Ajitamāṇava is found in the Theragāthā (v.20).

The Ajitapucchā are referred to in the Saṁyutta, (ii.47f) where they are expounded by the Buddha to Sāriputta.