[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.c12.2399 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2399 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2399 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2399](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2399) He was an earthbound sprite in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Seeing two monks, firm friends, on their way to the uposatha held by the Buddha, he had a mischievous desire to test their friendship, and when one of the monks retired into the forest leaving the other on the road, he followed the former, unseen by him, assuming the form of a woman arranging her hair, adjusting her garments, and so on. The second monk, seeing his friend return and shocked by his apparent misdemeanour, left him in disgust, refusing to perform the uposatha with him. Realising the effect of his practical joke, the sprite did all he could to make amends, but the friendship of the two monks was for ever spoilt. The sprite suffered the fears of hell for a whole Buddha-era, and even in his last birth as Kuṇḍadhāna his evil kamma pursued him, as seen above.³ - [Previous: v1.c12.2398](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2398) - [Next: v1.c12.2400](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2400) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2399](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2399) · Pramāṇa