Mālunkyāputta Thera (v.l. Mālunkyaputta, Mālukyaputta). Son of the assessor (agghāpanika) of the king of Kosala, his mother being Mālunkyā. He was religious by nature, and, when he came of age, became a Paribbājaka. Later, he heard the Buddha preach and joined the Order, becoming an Arahant (ThagA.i.446f). The Theragāthā contains two sets of verses attributed to him: one (vv. 399 404) spoken on his visit to his home after attaining arahantship when his people tried to lure him back by a great display of hospitality; the other* in connection with a brief sermon preached to him by the Buddha before he became an Arahant. The Thera asked the Buddha for a doctrine in brief and the Buddha gave him one. The verses contain a detailed account of the stanzas which were only outlined to him by the Buddha.