Ariṭṭha untranslated

Ariṭṭha 01. A monk. He had been subjected by the Saṅgha to the ukkhepanīyakamma for refusal to renounce a sinful doctrine, namely, that the states of mind declared by the Buddha to be stumbling-blocks are not such at all for him who indulges in them. Ariṭṭha left the Saṅgha and would not come back until the ukkhepanīyakamma was revoked (Vin.ii.25-8). He was a vulture-trainer (gaddhabādhiputta) (See note in VT.ii.377).

His case is cited as that of a pācittaya-offence because he refused to give up a wrong doctrine even after the monks had three times requested him to do so (Vin.iv.135).

In spite of the ukkhepanīyakamma the Chabbaggiya monks kept company with Ariṭṭha, thereby committing a pācittaya-offence (Vin.iv.137). We find the Buddha rebuking the nun Thullanandā for associating with Ariṭṭha after the ukkhepanīyakamma (Vin.iv.218).

It was Ariṭṭha’s heresy that led to the preaching of the Alagaddūpamasutta (MN.i.130ff).

In the Saṁyuttanikāya (SN.v.314-15), Ariṭṭha is mentioned as having said to the Buddha that he practised concentration in breathing and as having described how he did it. The Buddha, thereupon, instructs him as to how such concentration can be done perfectly and in every detail.

In the Samantapāsādikā Ariṭṭha is mentioned in a list of enemies of the Sāsana. Vin-a.iv.874.

Ariṭṭha 02. An upāsaka mentioned in the Aṅguttaranikāya (iii.451) in a list of householders and upāsakas who had seen and realised immortality and were possessed of unwavering faith in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha. They practised Ariyan conduct and had won wisdom and liberty.

Ariṭṭha 03. A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in a list of Pacceka Buddhas. MN.iii.69; APA.i.106; also Netti, 143.

Ariṭṭha 04. Nephew of Devānampiyatissa. See Mahā Ariṭṭha.

Ariṭṭha 05. Son of the Nāga king, Dhataraṭṭha. See Kāṇāriṭṭha.

Ariṭṭha 06. A messenger of Vessavaṇa, employed by him to take his proclamations and publish them. DN.iii.201.