[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.172 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.172 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.172 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.172) The \*Aṅguttara Commentary\*⁵ mentions that a man named \*\*Mahāvācakāla\*\* was once born there as a crocodile, a fathom in length, for having cast doubts on the efficacy of the Buddha’s religion. Once he swallowed sixty carts with the bulls attached to them, the carts being filled with stone. - [Previous: v1.c12.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.171) - [Next: v1.c12.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.173) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.172) · Pramāṇa