Numbers after each term indicates how many suttas mention that person. If the name you are looking for has two parts (like Mahā Kassapa), check both parts if you can’t find them. Generally, female names end in ā or ī. Overwhelmed? Checkout the Popular People Index.
A, Ā
- Angulimāla Arahant (1)
- Abhaya Prince (1)
- Abhibhū Arahant (1)
- Abhibhūta Arahant (1)
- Adhimutta Arahant (1)
- Aggikabhāradvāja Arahant (1)
- Ajātasattu King (2)
- Ambapāli Arahant (1)
- Ambasakkhara (1)
- Ānanda Arahant (8)The Arahant Ānanda was the Supreme Buddha’s attendant for the last 25 years of the Buddha’s life. He was able to remember any sutta that he heard. At the first council after the Buddha's passing away, the Arahant Ānanda was responsible for reciting the suttas.
- Anāthapiṇḍika (2)
- Ankura (1)
- Aññākoṇḍañña Arahant (3)The Arahant Aññākoṇḍañña was the first of the Supreme Buddha Gautama's disciples to attain stream entry (SN 56:11).
- Anupamā Arahant (1)
- Anuruddha Arahant (5)The Arahant Anuruddha was the foremost monk disciple with the divine eye. He was a cousin of the Supreme Buddha.
- Apara Gotama Arahant (1)
- Araka (1)
- Asita (1)
B
- Bāhiya Arhant (1)
- Bāhiya Dārucīriya Arahant (1)
- Baka Brahma (1)
- Bakkula Arahant (2)Arahant Bakkula is famous for being healthy and unattached to worldly things. You can learn more about him in MN 124.
- Bhadda Arahant (1)
- Bhadda Deva (1)
- Bhaddā Kāpilānī Arahant (2)
- Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā Arahant (2)
- Bhaddakaccānā Arahant (1)
- Bhaddiya (1)
- Bhaddiya Arahant (2)
- Bhaddiya Kāḷigodhāyaputta Arahant (1)
- Bhagu Arahant (1)
- Bhallika (1)
- Bhūta Arahant (1)
- Bimbisāra King (5)King Bimbisāra ruled over Magadha from the city of Rajagaha. He was an early disciple of the Supreme Buddha and the first to offer a monastery to the Mahā Saṅgha.
- Brahmadatta Arahant (1)
- Brahmadeva Arahant (1)
C
- Cālā Arahant (1)
- Candā Arahant (1)
- Candana Arahant (1)
- Cāpā Arahant (1)
- Chatta (1)
- Chullasetti (1)
- Citta Macchikāsaṇḍika (1)
- Cūḷa Panthaka Arahant (1)
- Cūḷapanthaka Arahant (2)
D
- Dabba Mallaputta Arahant (2)
- Dantikā Arahant (1)
- Devadatta (2)
- Dhammadinna (1)
- Dhammadinnā Arahant (2)
- Dhammika Arahant (1)
- Dhanañjānī (1)
- Dhanapala (1)
- Dhaniya Arahant (1)
- Dhīgāvu Upasaka (1)
E
G
- Gavampati Arahant (1)
- Gayā Kassapa Arahant (2)
- Ghata (1)
- Girimānanda Arahant (1)
- Godatta Arahant (1)
- Gotama Arahant (1)
- Grimānanda Arahant (1)
- Guttā Arahant (1)
H
- Hārita Arahant (1)
- Hatthaka Āḷavaka (1)
I
- Isidāsī Arahant (1)
J
- Jambuka Arahant (1)
- Janavasabha Deva (1)
- Jenta Arahant (1)
- Jīvaka (1)
- Jotika Upasaka (1)
K
- Kāḷī (1)
- Kāḷī of Kuraraghara (1)
- Kaṅkhā Revata Arahant (2)
- Kakusandha Supreme Buddha (2)Kakusandha Supreme Buddha was the fourth Supreme Buddha in the line of the past seven Supreme Buddhas.
- Kāḷudāyi Arahant (2)
- Kanha King (1)
- Kanthaka Deva (1)
- Kappa Arahant (1)
- Kasībhāradvāja Brāhmin (1)
- Kassapa Arahant (1)
- Kassapa Supreme Buddha (4)Kassapa Supreme Buddha was the Supreme Buddha before our Gautama Supreme Buddha.
- Kātiyāna Arahant (1)
- Kātiyānī (1)
- Kesi the horse trainer (1)
- Khadiravaniya Revata Arahant (2)
- Khemā Arahant (2)The arahant nun Khemā was one of the two chief nun disciples and is foremost in wisdom of all the nuns.
- Khujjasobhita Arahant (1)
- Khujjuttarā (1)
- Kisāgotamī Arahant (2)
- Kokālika (2)The Monk Kokālika was a close friend of Devadatta and helped him in his evil doings.
- Koliya (1)
- Koṇāgamana Supreme Buddha (2)Koṇāgamana Supreme Buddha was the fifth Supreme Buddha in the line of the past seven Supreme Buddhas.
- Kosiya Arahant (1)
- Kuṇḍadhāna Arahant (2)
- Kulla Arahant (1)
- Kumara Kassapa Arahant (2)
L
- Lakkhana Arahant (1)
- Lakuṇṭaka Bhaddiya Arahant (2)
- Latā Devatā (1)
M
- Mahā Kaccana Arahant (3)
- Mahā Kaccāyana Arahant (1)
- Mahā Kappina Arahant (3)
- Mahā Kassapa Arahant (6)The Arahant Mahā Kassapa organized the first council of monks after the passing away of the Supreme Buddha. He was the foremost disciple who practiced the allowable austerities.
- Mahā Koṭṭhita Arahant (2)
- Mahā Māyā Queen (1)
- Mahā Moggallāna Arahant (14)Arahant Moggallāna was one of the Supreme Buddha's two chief disciples. He was the monk who had the best psychic powers. Because of this he was easily able to see beings in other realms like ghosts and devas.
- Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī Arahant (3)The Arahant Mahā Pajāpatī Gotamī was the Supreme Buddha’s aunt who raised him after his mother passed away. She was the first bhikkhunī.
- Mahāmoggallāna Arahant (1)
- Mahānāga Arahant (1)
- Mahānāma (2)
- Mahānāma Sakka (1)
- Mahāpanthaka Arahant (2)
- Makkhali (1)
- Mallikā Queen (5)
- Māluṅkyaputta Arahant (2)
- Māra (3)Māra is a non-human being who tries to prevent the Supreme Buddha and his disciples from attaining enlightenment.
- Mātali Deva (3)
- Mātaṅgaputta Arahant (1)
- Mattā Ghost (1)
- Meghiya Arhant (2)
- Metteyya Supreme Buddha (1)
- Migajāla Arahant (1)
- Mittakālī Arahant (1)
- Moggallāna Arahant (1)
- Mogharāja Arahant (2)
- Muccalinda the Cobra King (1)
- Mudita Arahant (1)
N
- Nadī Kassapa Arahant (2)
- Nāgasamāla Arahant (1)
- Nahātakamuni Arahant (1)
- Nakulamātā (1)
- Nakulapitā (1)
- Nālaka (1)
- Nanda (1)
- Nandā Arahant (3)
- Nanda Arahant (2)
- Nandaka Arahant (2)
- Nandasena (1)
- Nandiya (1)
- Nanduttarā Arahant (1)
- Narada Arahant (4)
- Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta (1)
P
- Paṭācārā Arahant (2)
- Paccaya Arahant (1)
- Pārāsariya Arahant (2)
- Pasenadi King (28)King Pasenadi, also known as King Kosala, ruled over the kingdom of Kosala and some surrounding areas. He became a disciple of the Supreme Buddha with the encouragement of his wife Queen Mallikā. He lived in the city of Sāvatti. You can read many conversations he had with the Buddha in the Kosala Saṁyutta. There is also a beautiful sutta called Dhammacetiya Sutta where King Pasenadi praises the qualities of the Buddha and the Sangha.
- Passika Arahant (1)
- Phussa Arahant (1)
- Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja Arahant (1)
- Piṇḍolabhāradvāja Arahant (2)
- Pilindavaccha Arahant (1)
- Pilindivaccha Arahant (1)
- Prince Sujata (1)
- Puṇṇa Mantāṇiputta Arahant (1)
- Puṇṇā Arahant (1)
R
- Rādha Arahant (2)
- Rāhula Arahant (2)The Supreme Buddha’s son.
- Rājadatta Arahant (1)
- Raṭṭhapāla Arahant (3)
- Revati (1)
- Rohineyya (1)
- Rohiṇī Arahant (1)
S
- Sabbakāmi Arahant (1)
- Sabhiya Arahant (1)
- Sāgata Arahant (1)
- Sahampati Brahma (7)
- Sakka Lord of Gods (28)The God Sakka rules over the Tāvatiṁsa heaven and the heaven of the Four Great Kings. He is a disciple of the Supreme Buddha.
- Sakulā Arahant (2)
- Sakyans (1)
- Sāmā Arahant (1)
- Sāmāvatī (1)
- Sambara (1)
- Sambhūta Arahant (1)
- Sanaṅkumāra Brahma (3)
- Saṅkicca Arahant (1)
- Sappadāsa Arahant (1)
- Sappaka Arahant (1)
- Sarabhaṅga Arahant (1)
- Sāriputta Arahant (16)The Arahant Sāriputta was one of the Supreme Buddha’s two chief monk disciples and was foremost in wisdom.
- Sāṭimattiya Arahant (1)
- Sela Arahant (2)
- Senaka Arahant (1)
- Serissaka Deva (1)
- Siṅgālakamātā Arahant (1)
- Sigālaka (1)
- Sīhā Arahant (1)
- Sikhī Supreme Buddha (2)
- Sīlava Arahant (1)
- Sindaka (1)
- Sirimaṇḍa Arahant (1)
- Sirimitta Arahant (1)
- Sisūpacālā Arahant (1)
- Sīvali Arahant (2)
- Soṇā Arahant (2)
- Soṇa Koḷivisa Arahant (1)
- Sobhita Arahant (2)
- Somā Arahant (1)
- Soṇa Arahant (1)
- Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa Arahant (3)
- Sonaka (1)
- Sopāka Arahant (1)
- Subha Brahmin (1)
- Subhā the Smith’s Daughter Arahant (1)
- Subhadda Deva (1)
- Subhūta Arahant (1)
- Subhūti Arahant (2)
- Subrahma Brahma (3)
- Suddhāvāsa Brahma (3)
- Sujātā Arahant (1)
- Sujātā Seniyadhītā (1)
- Sujātā the Asura Wife (1)
- Sukkā Arahant (1)
- Sumana Arahant (2)
- Sunanda (1)
- Sundara Samudda Arahant (1)
- Sundarī Arahant (1)
- Sundarī the Wanderer (1)
- Sunīta Arahant (1)
- Suppabuddha (1)
- Suppāvāsa (1)
- Suppavāsā Koliyadhītā (1)
- Suppiyā (1)
- Supreme Buddha (14)
- Sūrambaṭṭha (1)
- Susīma (1)
- Sutā Devatā (1)
- Suvīra (1)
T
- Tagarasikhī (1)
- Tāḷapuṭa Arahant (1)
- Tapussa (1)
- Tekicchakāni Arahant (1)
- Telakāni Arahant (1)
- Tissa (1)
- Tudu Brahma (1)
U
- Ubbirī Arahant (1)
- Udāyi Arahant (1)
- Ugga of Vesālī (1)
- Uggata of Hatthi Village (1)
- Upacālā Arahant (1)
- Upāli Arahant (2)The Arahant Upāli recited the Vinaya at the first council of monks after the Supreme Buddha passed away.
- Upasena Arahant (2)
- Upasena Vaṅgantaputta Arahant (1)
- Uppalavaṇṇā Arahant (2)The Arahant nun Uppalavaṇṇā was one of the Supreme Buddha’s two chief nun disciples. She was foremost of the nuns in psychic power.
- Uruveḷa Kassapa Arahant (3)
- Uttamā Arahant (2)
- Uttarā Arahant (1)
- Uttarānandamātā (1)
- Uttarapāla Arahant (1)
V
- Vaḍḍha Arahant (1)
- Vaḍḍhamātā Arahant (1)
- Vakkali Arahant (2)
- Vaṅgīsa Arahant (6)
- Vāraṇa Arahant (1)
- Vāseṭṭha Brahmin (1)
- Vāseṭṭhi Arahant (1)
- Velama Brahmin (1)
- Vepacitti Asura (5)
- Verocana (1)
- Vessabhū Supreme Buddha (1)
- Vessavana Deva (1)
- Vijayā Arahant (1)
- Vijitasena Arahant (1)
- Vimala Arahant (2)
- Vipassī Supreme Buddha (1)
- Visākhā (2)
Y
- Yasadatta Arahant (1)
- Yasoja Arahant (2)
- Yasuttara (1)