Piṅgala Koccha untranslated

Piṅgala Koccha. A Brahmin of Sāvatthī.

He visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha preached to him the Cūḷa Sāropamasutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s follower (MN.i.198ff).

Buddhaghosa says (MN­a.i.422) that the man’s name was Koccha, and that he was called Piṅgala because he was tawny (piṅgaladhātuko).