Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.825

v1.c21.825

Tuṇḍila.—Brother of the courtesan Kālī. He was a ne'er-do-well, and Kālī, having helped him with money which he proceeded to squander, refused to give him any more. But a patron of Kālī, seeing his condition, gave him his clothes on entering Kālī's house—it being the custom for those who patronised a courtesan, to be provided with clothes during their stay in her house—and had to walk away naked.¹