Dīghanakha untranslated

Dīghanakha. A Paribbājaka, nephew (sister’s son) of Sāriputta.

He visited the Buddha at Sūkarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dīghanakhasutta, at the end of which he became a Sotāpanna.

In the Sutta he is addressed as Aggivessana (MN.i.497f; Thag­a.ii.95; Dhp­a.i.79).

He was originally an Annihilationist (MN­a.ii.477). Perhaps he is the heretic Brahmin, nephew of Sāriputta, who was admonished by Moggallāna because he expressed great repugnance at the sight of Kassapa. Thag.1108ff; Thag­a.ii.180.