Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.493
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.493
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The Bodhisatta was the partridge, Moggallāna the elephant, and Sāriputta the monkey. The story was related in reference to the failure of the Chabbaggiyas to show due respect to Sāriputta. Once, when he visited them in company with the Buddha, they refused to provide him with lodging, and he had to sleep under a tree.¹