Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.42

v1.c21.42

**Takka Jātaka** (No. 63).—Once the Bodhisatta was an ascetic on the banks of the Ganges, from which he rescued **Duṭṭhakumārī**, daughter of the seṭṭhi of Benares, who had been thrown into the flood during a storm by her long-suffering servants. The ascetic succumbed to the wiles of Duṭṭhakumārī and took up his abode with her in a village, where they earned their living by selling *takka* (curds or dates). He therefore came to be called **Takkapaṇḍita.** One day the village was looted by robbers, and they carried the woman away together with their booty. Living happily with the robber chief, she feared that her former husband might come to claim her; she therefore sent for him with sweet words, planning to have him killed.