Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3088
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.3088
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Alomā (Aloṇā ?).—A poor woman of Benares. She saw the Buddha going on his begging round, and having nothing else to offer, gave him, with very pious heart, some dried flesh, old and saltless. She thought constantly of her gift, and after death was born in a vimāna in Tāvatiṃsa, where Moggallāna came across her and heard from her her story¹ (v.l. Ālomā).