Sutta Piṭaka · Khuddaka Nikāya

Citta the Householder

PaliCitta-gahapati ("Citta the householder")
Rolelay disciple; foremost among laymen in teaching the Dhamma (dhamma-kathika) — AN 1.250 (cited; not yet ingested); non-returner (anāgāmī); principal interlocutor of the Citta-saṃyutta (SN 41); figure in the vatthu for Dhp 73
Alternate namesCitta-gahapati of Macchikāsaṇḍa
English · sourceසිංහල පරිවර්තනය · අපේක්ෂිතයි
සිංහල පරිවර්තනය · අපේක්ෂිතයිදැනට පවතින ඉංග්‍රීසි පිටුව පෙන්වයි

ප්‍රකාශයට සුදුසු සිංහල සංස්කරණය තවම යාවත්කාලීන නැත. පිටුවේම සමාලෝචන සහ මූලාශ්‍ර තත්ත්වය මෙහිත් අදාළය; පාලි පද, උපුටන සහ මූලාශ්‍ර අනන්‍යතාව නොවෙනස්ව පවතී.

Page details
Type
person
Stub
pilot — created to support pending-link resolution from dhammapada 05 balavagga (Dhp 73 vatthu); to be expanded when SN 41 (Citta-saṃyutta) is ingested
Selected refs
AN 1.250 (cited; not yet ingested) (etadaggaṁ as foremost lay dhamma-kathika); SN 41 (cited; not yet ingested) (the entire Citta-saṃyutta, ten suttas); the Dhp-a vatthu is commentarial (Dhp-a on Dhp 73 — not canonical; see TD-007)
Last updated
2026-04-14

Summary: Citta-gahapati of Macchikāsaṇḍa is canonically the foremost lay expositor of the Dhamma — the principal interlocutor of the Citta-saṃyutta (SN 41 (cited; not yet ingested)), where his discernment in doctrinal questions is repeatedly demonstrated. He is a non-returner (anāgāmī). The Dhammapada-aṭṭhakathā pairs Dhp 73 (the fool's craving for inappropriate reputation) with an episode involving Citta — though the canonical Citta-saṃyutta material is the more substantial source. The Dhp attribution is commentarial; the etadagga status and SN 41 corpus are canonical.

Related pages