<b> <c c="#a00149">Ākoṭaka</c> </b> <br>A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-Kātiyāna (sic), Nigaṇṭha, Makkhali, Pūraṇa. Vetambari made rejoinder to Ākoṭaka, speaking disparagingly of the teachers he had mentioned. <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.65.</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, agent, from ākoṭeti) name of a deity [lit.] who beats here Construction: ā + √kuṭ > koṭ + *aka