Mahapadanasutta 1.34.7
Mahāpadānasutta 1.34.7
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1.34.7
evameva kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahuno janassa piyo ahosi manāpo.
' And Bandhuman the raja, brethren, engaged nurses for the babe Vipassi. Some suckled him, some washed him, some nursed him, some carried him about on their hip. And a white canopy was held over him day and night, for it was commanded: — " Let not cold or heat or straws or dust or dew annoy him! " And the boy Vipassi, brethren, became the darling and the beloved of the people, even as a blue or red or white lotus is dear to and beloved of all, so that he was literally carried about from lap to lap 6.