Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1521

v1.c12.1521

Kāyavicchinda Jātaka (No. 293).—The Bodhisatta was once a brahmin of Benares and fell sick of jaundice. The physicians failed to cure him, and his family were in despair. He resolved that if he recovered he would embrace the religious life; soon afterwards he was cured, became an ascetic and cultivated the abhiññā and the samāpatti.