Mātaṅga untranslated

Mātaṅga 01. The Bodhisatta born as a Caṇḍāla. See the Mātaṅgajātaka (Ja 497).

Mātaṅga 02. A Pacceka Buddha (MN.iii.70; Ap­a.i.107). He was the last of the Pacceka Buddhas and lived near Rājagaha. At the last birth of the Bodhisatta the Devas, on their way to do him honour, saw Mātaṅga and told him, “Sir, the Buddha has appeared in the world.” Mātaṅga heard this as he was issuing from a jhāna, and, going to Mount Mahā Papāta where Pacceka Buddhas die, he passed away. Ap­a.i.170; Snp­a.i.128f; Mvu.i.357.

Mātaṅga 03. A hermit. One day he arrived in Benares and went to a potter’s hall for the night. He found the place already occupied by another hermit named Jātimā, and was told by the potter that he could only stay there with Jātimā’s permission. Jātimā agreed to his staying, but, on finding that Mātaṅga was a Caṇḍāla, he wished him to occupy a place apart. During the night Mātaṅga wished to go out, and, not knowing where Jātimā was lying, trod on his chest. When Mātaṅga returned he took the other way with the idea of passing near Jātimā’s feet, but meanwhile Jātimā had changed his position, and Mātaṅga again trod on his chest. Jātimā thereupon cursed him, saying that his head would split in seven pieces at sunrise. Mātaṅga thereupon stopped the sun from rising (SN­a.ii.176f).

The rest of the story is as in the Mātaṅgajātaka. It may be a variety of the same legend. cp. also Nārada and Devala.

Mātaṅga 04. Father of Mātaṅgaputta (q.v.).