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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.817

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c16.817

- **Language:** English

### [v1.c16.817](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c16.817)

The story was related in reference to a vain monk who succumbed to the wiles of a maiden of Sāvatthi. The girl’s mother used her to entice the monk to become her son-in-law. The Buddha warned him that in the past the same girl had tried to destroy his spiritual life.¹

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