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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.1701

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.1701

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c12.1701](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.1701)

Kāḷamattiya, Kāḷamattika.—A forest. Muṭṭhika, after his death, was born as a goblin in this forest, and when Baladeva reached the spot during his flight, Muṭṭhika challenged him to a wrestling match and ate him up “like a radish-bulb.”¹

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