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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.707

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.707

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### [v1.c23.707](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.707)

2. \*\*Duṭṭha.\*\*—Also called \*\*Duṭṭhakumāra\*\*, the son of \*\*Kitavāsa\*\*. At his birth soothsayers foretold his death from thirst, and Kitavāsa had lakes and ponds dug in various parts of the capital and waterpots placed everywhere. One day Duṭṭha saw a Pacceka Buddha begging for alms and dashed his bowl to the ground. He was seized with thirst, and all the water in the city was dried up. He died, and was reborn in \*\*Avīci\*\*.¹ 3. Duṭṭha.—Son of the king of Benares; a previous birth of the cruel Licchavi prince on whose account the Ekapanna Jātaka (q.v.) was preached.¹

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