[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.c12.677 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.677 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.677 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.677](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.677) 2. Kapi Jātaka (No. 404).—Once the Bodhisatta and Devadatta were both born as monkeys. One day a mischievous monkey took his seat on the arch which was over the gateway to the park and, when the king's chaplain passed under the arch, he let excrement fall on his head, and, on the chaplain looking up, even into his mouth. The chaplain swore vengeance on the monkeys, and the Bodhisatta, hearing of it, counselled them to seek residence elsewhere. His advice was followed by all except the monkey, who was Devadatta, and a few of his followers. Some time after, the king's elephants were burnt through a fire breaking out in their stalls. A goat had eaten some rice put out to dry and was beaten with a torch; his hair caught fire and the fire spread to the stalls. The chaplain, seizing his opportunity, told the elephant-doctors that the best remedy for burns was monkey-fat, and five hundred monkeys in the royal gardens were slain by archers for the sake of their fat. - [Previous: v1.c12.676](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.676) - [Next: v1.c12.678](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.678) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.677](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.677) · Pramāṇa