1. Upāli Thera.-One of the most eminent of the Buddha's
immediate disciples. He belonged to a barber's family in
Kapilavatthu and entered the service of the Sākiyan princes.
When Anuruddha and his cousins left the world and sought
ordination from the Buddha at Anupiyā Grove, Upāli accompanied
them. They gave him all their valuable ornaments, but, on
further consideration, he refused to accept them and wished to
become a monk with them. The reason given for his refusal is
that he knew the Sākyans were hot-headed, and feared that the
kinsmen of the princes might suspect him of having murdered the
young men for the sake of their belongings. At the request of
the Sākiyan youths, the Buddha ordained Upāli before them all,
so that their pride might be humbled. (Vin.ii.182; DhA.i.116f;
see also Bu.i.61; but see BuA.44; the Tibetan sources give a
slightly different version, see Rockhill, op. cit., pp. 55-6;
according to the Mahāvastu iii.179, Upāli was the Buddha's
barber, too). Upāli's upajjhāya was Kappitaka (Vin.i