Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c13.90
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c13.90
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Khadirangāra Jātaka (No. 40).—Once the Bodhisatta was Treasurer of Benares, and a Pacceka Buddha, rising from a seven days’ samāpatti, came to him at meal time. The Bodhisatta sent him some food, but Māra created a pit of glowing khadira-embers between the Pacceka Buddha and the Treasurer’s house. When the Treasurer heard of this, he took the bowl of food himself and stepped into the pit, ready to die rather than to have his alms-giving thwarted. A lotus sprang up to receive his foot, the pit vanished, and Māra, discomfited, vanished