• ākotaka

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veluvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

ākotaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools:

• Pakuddha-Kātiyāna (sic.),

• Nigantha

• Makkhali

• Pūrana.

Vetambari made rejoinder to ākotaka, speaking disparagingly of the teachers he had mentioned. S.i.65.