法苑珠林 37.45

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又百緣經云。佛在世時迦毘羅衛城中。有一長者財寶無量不可稱計。其婦生一男兒。端正殊妙世所希有。頭上自然有摩尼珠。時父母因為立字。名曰寶珠。年漸長大見佛出家成阿羅漢果。入城乞食。時寶珠故在頭上。城中人民怪其所以。競來看之。深自慚恥還歸所止。白言。世尊。我此頭上有此寶珠不能使去。今者乞食為人蚩笑。願佛世尊見却此珠。

Furthermore, the Avadānaśataka says: When the Buddha was in the world, there was an elder in the city of Kapilavastu with immeasurable and incalculable wealth and treasures. His wife gave birth to a son who was upright, extraordinarily handsome, and rare in the world. On his head there was naturally a maṇi jewel. His parents then named him Ratnacūḍa (Jewel Crest). As he grew up, he saw the Buddha, went forth, and became an arhat. When he entered the city to beg for food, the jewel was still on his head. The people in the city found it strange and vied with one another to come and look at it. Deeply ashamed, he returned to his dwelling and addressed the Buddha: "World-Honoured One, on my head there is this jewel and I cannot make it go away. Now when begging for food, I am ridiculed by people. I pray that the Buddha, the World-Honoured One, will remove this jewel for me."