1. Sálha, called Migáranattá. He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniya's grandson, Rohana. See the Sálha Sutta (A.i.193 f). He built a vihára for the nuns and Sundaríndá was appointed to supervise the work. As a result, Sálha and Sundarínandá saw each other frequently and fell in love. Wishing to seduce her, Sálha invited a party of nuns to his house and set apart seats for those nuns who were older than Nandá in one part, and for those younger in another, so that Nandá would be alone. But she, guessing the reason for the invitation, did not go, and, instead, sent an attendant nun to Sálha's house for her alms, excusing herself on the plea that she was taken ill. Salha, hearing of this, set a servant to look after the other nuns and ran off to the monastery. Nandá, on her bed, was waiting for him, and he seduced her (Vin.iv.211f). Buddhaghosa explains (Sp.iv.900) that Sálha was called Migáranattá because he was the grandson of Migaramátá, (Visákhá).
2. Sálha. A Licchavi, who once visited the Buddha at the Kútágárasálá (A.ii.200). See Salha Sutta (2).
3. Sálha. A monk of Ńátiká. The Buddha declared that he died an arahant. D.ii.191; S.v.356.
4. Sálha. An eminent monk who took a prominent part in the Second Council. He lived in Sahajáti, and, on hearing of the heresy of the Vajjiputtakas, retired into solitude in order to decide whether he thought their contentions right. There an inhabitant of the Suddhávásá informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pácinakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee which discussed the dispute. He was a pupil of Ananda. Vin.ii.302ff.; Mhv.iv.4f , 48, 57; Dpv.iv.49; v.22; Sp.i.34.
1. Sálha Sutta. Records a conversation between Nandaka Thera, Sálha Migáranatti, and Rohana Pekkhuniyanattá. A.i.193f.
2. Sálha Sutta. The Licchavis, Sálha and Abhaya, visit the Buddha at the Kútágárasálá and question him regarding the way that is made by purity of morals and that made by self mortification. The Buddha answers the question with many similes. The last part of the sutta describes a fighting man who is a "long distance shooter," one who shoots by lightning, and a smasher of large objects, and the corresponding classes of the Ariyan disciples. A.ii.200f.