scholarly. Migot identifies texts that exclude Śāriputra's scholastic character as the earliest sources, and goes on to argue that the historic Śāriputra was different from the person preserved in the Pali Canon. He argues that Śāriputra was venerated as a saint in the ancient Kosambi region and that the early Sthavira school of Buddhism developed his scholarly side in accordance to the tradition's values in the region at the time, indicating that Śāriputra may originally have been a forest saint. Ray states that while it is possible Śāriputra's scholastic character was the result of texts that were added later, there is insufficient evidence to conclude to this. See also Bhadda Kundalakesa, a former Jain ascetic converted to Buddhism by Sāriputta Sammaditthi Sutta, a Pali Canon discourse attributed to Sāriputta Sariputra in the Jatakas Citta Hatthaka of Alavi Notes Citations References External links GREAT MALE DISCIPLES - Part A Upatissa (Sariputta) and Kolita (Moggallana) by Radhika Abeysekera Foremost disciples of Gautama Buddha Arhats Converts to Buddhism 5th century BC in religion 5th-century BC Indian monks 5th-century BC Indian philosophers 5th-century BC Indian people Ancient Indian philosophers Ancient Indian people 5th-century BC Buddhist monks 6th-century BC Indian people