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Udāyi

PaliUdāyi
Rolebhikkhu of undistinguished learning; figure in the vatthu for Dhp 64
Alternate namesLāḷudāyi ("foolish Udāyi"), an epithet appearing in the commentary to distinguish him from other Udāyis in the canon (especially Kāḷudāyi and Mahā-Udāyi)
English · sourceSinhala translation · pending
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Type
person
Stub
pilot — created to support pending-link resolution from dhammapada 05 balavagga (Dhp 64 vatthu); to be expanded when the Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā (TD-007) is ingested
Selected refs
the vatthu attribution is commentarial (Dhp-a on Dhp 64 — not canonical; see TD-007)
Last updated
2026-04-14

Summary: The Udāyi of Dhp 64 (per Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā) is traditionally identified as Lāḷudāyi, a bhikkhu who would expound teachings he did not understand and was rebuked or silenced on several occasions. The Dhp-a occasions Dhp 64 (even if a fool attends a sage for a lifetime, he grasps no more of the Dhamma than a spoon grasps the taste of soup) with this figure. The canonical Sutta-piṭaka contains several Udāyis; care is required in identification.

Three distinct Udāyis are canonically attested:

  • Kāḷudāyi (Kāḷa-Udāyi) — Sakyan noble, childhood companion of the Buddha, later chief among those who please the family (AN 1.225 (cited; not yet ingested))
  • Mahā-Udāyi — a different elder
  • Lāḷudāyi — the Dhp-a's identification for Dhp 64; canonical attestation thin

(commentary — not canonical on the Dhp 64 attribution)

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