Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.596
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.596
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**Cittapāṭali.**—A tree in the Asurabhavana¹ which lives for a whole æon. When the Asuras were pushed out of the deva-world into their present abode, it was the presence of this tree which revealed to them their whereabouts.² It is said³ that whenever the Cittapāṭali blossomed, the Asuras thought of the Pāricchattaka-tree which they had left behind in Tāvatiṃsa and started making preparations for a war against Sakka.