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Koṣṭhila , also Mahā-k° and (Mahā-)Kauṣṭhila , qq.v. (= Pali Koṭṭhita or °ika or Mahā-k°, who was declared ‘first of the paṭisaṃbhidappatta’ among Buddhaʼs disciples, cf. below), a disciple of Buddha: in Av ii.195.4 declared first of the pratisaṃvitprāpta; here and in 195.7, 196.9 (also called Mahā-k° 195.5 ) he is evidently identified with Dīrghanakha , q.v. ; this identification not recorded in Pali but confirmed MSV iv.15.14 ff. ; it should be noted that in Pali (Mahā-)Koṭṭhita is intimately associated with Sāriputta, who in Av , MSV is a nephew of Dīrghanakha, [Page195-b] and who was present on the occasion of the Dīghanakha-sutta even in Pali ( MN i.497 ff. ).