The Social Organisation in North-East India in Buddha's Time c18.22

c18.22

¹ To these Pukkusas belonged manifestly also the elder Sunīta before his adoption of monkhood, who says in the Theragāthā of himself: "Of low family am I, I was poor and needy. Low was the work which I did, namely, that of removing faded flowers (from temples and palaces). I was despised by men, held in low esteem and reproved." Cf. Oldenberg, Buddha p. 159, Remark.