[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.c12.3323 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3323 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3323 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.3323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3323) Komāyaputta Jātaka (No. 299).—Some ascetics in Himavā failed to take their duties seriously and spent their time in eating and making merry. They had a monkey who provided them with amusement. One day when the ascetics went to the plains for salt and condiments, the Bodhisatta, who had been born as a brahmin ascetic named Komāyaputta, occupied their lodging; when the monkey started to play his pranks for him, the Bodhisatta snapped his fingers at him and told him to behave properly, because he lived with ascetics. The monkey thereupon became virtuous and refused to return to his evil ways, even after the arrival of his former friends. - [Previous: v1.c12.3322](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3322) - [Next: v1.c12.3324](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3324) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3323](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3323) · Pramāṇa