法苑珠林 92.59

92.59

The second sumana-flower pillar you saw is a denizen of hell. In the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, he was a monastic in charge of offerings at a stūpa pillar. When dānapatis of the four classes offered sumana-flower oil to the Buddha, the monk secretly subtracted some of it for his own use. Therefore, he fell into hell, where he became a great sumana pillar burned by fire, suffering pain without respite even to this day.