Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.320
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.320
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v1.c6.320
He questions an ascetic, Guṇa, as to the various moral duties, and following his advice, devotes himself solely to pleasure. Rujā, however, is virtuous and tries to deliver him from his heretical beliefs, but it is not till the Bodhisatta—who had been born as the MahāBrahmā Nārada—comes down to earth in the guise of an ascetic, and frightens the king with descriptions of the various hells, that Aṅgati is convinced of the error of his ways.