[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.c18.620 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c18.620 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c18.620 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c18.620](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.620) 1. \*\*Jotika, Jotiya.\*\*—A treasurer of Rājagaha who later became an arahant. In the past he had been a householder of Benares who, with his elder brother, owned a field of sugar-cane. One day, when returning from the field with some stalks of sugar-cane, he saw a Pacceka Buddha from Gandhamādana to whom he gave a bowl full of sugar-cane juice for him to drink, and when he had drunk it, gave him another bowlful which the Pacceka Buddha took to Gandhamādana to share with his colleagues. The householder, when proffering his gifts, wished for glory and for Nibbāna. His elder brother, hearing of this, was likewise filled with joy and he, too, wished for Nibbāna. In the time of Vipassī Buddha they were again brothers in a rich family of Bandhumati, the elder being called Sena and the younger Aparājita. Sena entered the Order and became an arahant. At his suggestion, Aparājita¹ built for the Buddha a very costly Gandhakuṭi, with the seven kinds of precious things. His nephew, also called Aparājita, built an elephant stable in front of the Gandhakuṭi and was reborn in this age as Meṇḍaka (q.v.). The Gandhakuṭi and its surroundings contained all kinds of luxuries and splendours beyond description.² Within and without the chamber he caused jewels, pounded and otherwise, to be strewn knee-deep. Those who came to listen to the Buddha went away, their hands full of jewels. One day a brahmin tried to carry away a very costly jewel, which much annoyed Aparājita. On mentioning it to the Buddha, the Buddha taught him to make a wish that his property should not be taken away by thieves or lost by fire or water. For nine months Aparājita held the ceremony of dedication of the Gandhakuṭi. - [Previous: v1.c18.619](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.619) - [Next: v1.c18.621](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.621) - [Up: v1.c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.620](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c18.620) · Pramāṇa