Gopaka Moggallāna untranslated

Gopaka Moggallāna. A Brahmin minister of Ajātasattu, in charge of some defence works in Rājagaha (MN.iii.7). See Gopaka Moggallānasutta. The Theragāthā (vs.1024) contains a stanza spoken by Moggallāna Thera in answer to a question by Gopaka Moggallāna. Gopaka asks Moggallāna how many of the Buddha’s teachings he remembers. Eighty-four thousand, answers the latter and proceeds to explain. Thag­a.ii.130.