[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.c12.2988 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2988 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2988 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2988](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2988) Buddhaghosa says³ that Keniya was a mahāsāla-brahmin, and that he became a Jaṭila with the object of protecting his wealth. He bought some land from the king and built his hermitage there, and became the protector (\*nissaya\*) of one thousand families. In his hermitage was a palm tree which yielded a golden nut each day. Keniya was a yellow-robed ascetic by day; by night he enjoyed the pleasures of the senses. On his first visit to the Buddha he took five hundred pingo-loads of \*badarapāna\*⁴ (? grape juice). - [Previous: v1.c12.2987](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2987) - [Next: v1.c12.2989](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2989) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2988](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2988) · Pramāṇa