[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.c12.996 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.996 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.996 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.996](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.996) ¹ UdA. 60; SnA. ii. 419. According to some, it was the gift of a merchant named Kalandaka (Beal: Romantic Legend, p. 315); Thibetan sources identify the rājā with Bimbisāra and say that the snake was a reincarnation of the owner whose land the king had confiscated. According to these same sources the name is Kalantaka and is described as the name of a bird (Rockhill: op. cit., p. 43). - [Previous: v1.c12.995](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.995) - [Next: v1.c12.997](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.997) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.996](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.996) · Pramāṇa