Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.531
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.531
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When Citta lay ill just before his death, devas visited him and advised him to wish for kingship among them, but he refused to aspire to anything so impermanent, and instructed the devas and his kinsfolk gathered round him, telling them of the Buddha and his teachings.⁵ He is regarded as the ideal layman.⁶