Katyayana also known as Mahakatyayana, Mahakaccana [Mahaakaccaana] and, in Japanese, as Kasennen, is one of the "Ten Disciples of the Buddha". (1) Mahakashyapa, 2) Ananda, 3) Shariputra, 4) Subhuti, 5) Purna, 6) Mahamaudgalyayana, 7) Katyayana, 8) Aniruddha, 9) Upali and 10) Rahula. He was foremost in explaining Dhamma. He was born in a brahmin family at Ujjayini [Ujjain] and received a classical Brahminical education studying the Vedas. Katyayana studied assiduously under Asita on Mount Vindhya, who had predicted that Prince Siddhattha would become either a cakravartin [a great wordly ruler] or a Buddha. With a group of seven friends he invited the Buddha to visit, and gained enlightenment (bodhi) while listening to him preach. He was ordained, and made numerous converts in the state of A