1. Kukkuṭa.– One of three bankers of Kosambī, the others being Ghosaka and Pāvārika. Having heard from some ascetics, whom they had entertained, of the appearance of the Buddha, they went with these ascetics to Sāvatthi, each carrying offerings in five hundred carts. Having heard the Buddha teach, they became Stream-
It is said (MA.i.540 f) that the bankers built a monastery for each league on the road between Sāvatthi and Kosambī for the use of the Buddha during his journeys.
2. Kukkuṭa.– A frontier town near Himavā; the capital of a kingdom three hundred leagues in extent, where Mahā-
3. Kukkuṭa.– A rock near Himavā. Seven Pacceka Buddhas once lived there. ThagA.i.216; Ap.i.178.