Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c24.287
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c24.287
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v1.c24.287
⁴ Hiouen Thsang- (Beal. ii. 229) says that Dhammapāla was a clever youth of Kāñcipura and that the king gave him his daughter. But Dhammapāla, not wishing to marry, prayed before an image of the Buddha. The gods took him to a place far away where he was ordained by the monks.