[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.c16.536 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.536 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.536 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c16.536](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.536) In the time of Padumuttara Buddha, Citta conceived his desire to be placed first among laymen in the teaching of the Dhamma. In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was a huntsman. One day, seeing a monk in a glen, and being pleased thereat, he hurried home, prepared a meal and brought it to the monk, together with flowers he had gathered on the way. After the offering, he made a wish that he should never lack for tribute and that showers of flowers should fall on him. In the deva-world he surpassed all others in his great beauty.⁸ In the Bhisa Jātaka,⁹ he is identified with the slave. - [Previous: v1.c16.535](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.535) - [Next: v1.c16.537](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.537) - [Up: v1.c16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.536](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.536) · Pramāṇa