Sāmaññakāni Thera untranslated

Sāmaññakāni Thera. He was the son of a Paribbājaka and entered the Saṅgha after seeing the Buddha perform the Twin Miracle; he later attained Arahant-ship through jhāna. There was a Paribbājaka, named Kātiyāna, whom he had known as a layman, and Kātiyāna, having become destitute after the Buddha’s appearance in the world, asked Sāmaññakāni what he could do to get happiness in this world and the next. His friend answered that he should follow the Noble Eightfold Path (Thag.vs.35; Thag­a.i.98f). We are told (Thag­a.i.450) that Kātiyāna later joined the Saṅgha and became an Arahant.

Sāmaññakāni is evidently identical with Mañcadāyaka (Pecchadāyaka) of the Apadāna (Ap.i.455). Ninety-one kappas ago he gave a bed to Vipassī Buddha. Perhaps he is also identical with Sāmaṇḍakāni (q.v.).