Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.920

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¹⁵ This incident is also mentioned in the Pabbajjā Sutta (SN. vv. 405-24), but there it is the king who first sees Gotama. It is significant that, when asked his identity, Gotama does not say he is a king’s son. The Pāli version of the sutta contains nothing of Gotama’s promise to visit Rājagaha, but the Mtu. version (ii. 198-200), which places the visit later, has two verses, one of which contains the request and the other the acceptance; and the SNA. (ii. 385 f.), too, mentions the promise and tells that Bimbisāra