Nanda Vaccha untranslated

Nanda Vaccha. Mentioned in a list of well-known leaders of the Ājīvakas. They were declared by Puraṇa Kassapa, in his classification of the chaḷabhijātas, to be paramasukkābhijātas (AN.iii.384; DN­a.i.162; Snp­a.i.372, etc.; but see MN­a.ii.632, where they rank lower than the Ājīvakas, who are there considered as the paramasukkkābhijātas.)

There seems to be some uncertainty as to Nanda’s name. The list in which the name occurs runs as follows: Nanda Vaccho, Kiso Sankicco, Makkhali Gosālo.

The Suttanipāta Commentary (Snp­a.i.372.) seems to treat Nanda and Vaccha as two distinct persons. The Majjhima Commentary (MN­a.i.463; see also MN.i.524), however, says that Nanda was his personal name and Vaccha that of his gotta.

The austerities practised by Nanda Vaccha are detailed in the Mahā Saccakasutta (MN.i.238)

Elsewhere (ibid.524) the Buddha is reported as saying that though the Ājīvakas had existed for a long time, they had only produced three distinguished leaders: Nanda Vaccha, Kisa Saṅkicca, Makkhali Gosāla.