Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2693

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2. Kula Sutta.—Asibandhakaputta visits the Buddha at the Pāvārikambavana in Nālandā at Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta’s request, and tells the Buddha that he does wrong in obtaining alms from famine-stricken Nālandā. The Buddha replies that his begging does not come within the eight causes of injury to families: viz., the actions of kings and robbers, fire, water, loss of savings, slothfulness, wastrels and impermanence. Asibandhakaputta becomes the Buddha’s follower.¹