Who said that "Nama is not bending" before Bhikkhu Ñāṇananda?

To be clear, though, in the Visuddhimagga (XVII.187), nāmarūpa, when applied to dependent origination, does not include consciousness in nāma.

And, of course, Bhante Sujato’s comments here: How Early Buddhism differs from Theravada: a checklist acknowledge that.