Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c11.23
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c11.23
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According to the **Brāhmaṇadhammika Sutta**,⁸ it was during the time of Okkāka that the brahmins started their practice of slaughtering animals for sacrifice. Till then there had been only three diseases in the world—desire, hunger and old age; but from this time onwards the enraged devas afflicted humans with various kinds of suffering.