Sutta Piṭaka · Khuddaka Nikāya

Macchariya-Kosiya

PaliMacchariya-Kosiya ("Kosiya the miserly")
Rolewealthy but extremely miserly merchant (seṭṭhi) of Sakkara near Rājagaha; figure in the vatthu for Dhp 49
Alternate namesKosiya-seṭṭhi
English · sourceSinhala translation · pending
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person
Stub
pilot — created to support pending-link resolution from dhammapada 04 pupphavagga (Dhp 49 vatthu); to be expanded when SN 17 material and the Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā (TD-007) are ingested
Selected refs
the vatthu attribution is commentarial (Dhp-a on Dhp 49 — not canonical; see TD-007)
Last updated
2026-04-14

Summary: Kosiya-seṭṭhi, traditionally epithet Macchariya ("miserly"), is the canonical prototype of the miserly householder in the Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā narrative tradition. According to Dhp-a on Dhp 49, he is converted through the psychic intervention of Mahāmoggallāna, who causes him to experience his hoarded riches as worthless. The Dhp-a pairs the conversion with Dhp 49 (the bee-simile: the muni takes only the essence and does no harm to the flower). The story is commentarial. (commentary — not canonical)

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