Kātiyāna untranslated

Kātiyāna 01. A name by which the Yakkha Puṇṇaka (q.v.) is addressed (Ja.vi.299, 306, 308). It is a variant of Kaccāna. (Ja.vi.283, 286, 301, 327).

Kātiyāna 02. The name of a gotta, probably a variant of Kaccāyana, Kaccāna (q.v.).

Kātiyāna 03. Kātiyāna Thera. The son of a Brahmin of the Kosiyagotta in Sāvatthī, he was called Kātiyāna after his mother’s family When his friend Sāmaññakāni joined the Saṅgha, he followed his example and exerted himself in meditation, sleeping but little. One night, overcome by sleep, he fell on the terrace where he was pacing to and fro, and the Buddha, seeing him, went himself to help him and urged him not to give up his efforts but to concentrate and contemplate. Aided by this admonition, Kātiyāna soon became an Arahant. The Buddha’s sermon is included in the Theragāthā (Thag.vv.411-16; Thag­a.i.450f).

From the story of Sāmaññakāni, given in the Theragāthā Commentary (i, p.99f), it would appear that Kātiyāna was, for some time, a Paribbājaka. He was destitute, having, since the appearance of the Buddha, lost all his support from the laity. He therefore sought Sāmaññakāni and asked his advice, which he followed by joining the Saṅgha.

Kātiyāna 04. See Pakudha.