Ākoṭaka untranslated

Ākoṭaka. A Deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Niṅka, Vetambarī and Māṇava Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha Kātiyāna (sic.), Nigaṇṭha Makkhali and Pūraṇa. Veṭambarī made rejoinder to Ākoṭaka, speaking disparagingly of the teachers he had mentioned. SN.i.65.