Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.395

v1.c6.395

As a result of his deeds whole villages were deserted, and the king ordered a detachment of men to seize the bandit, whose name nobody knew. But Aṅgulimāla’s mother, guessing the truth, started off to warn him. By now he lacked but one finger to complete his thousand, and seeing his mother coming he determined to kill her. But the Buddha, seeing his upanissaya, went himself to the wood, travelling thirty yojanas,³ and intercepted Aṅgulimāla on his way to slay his mother. Angulimāla was converted by the Buddha’s power and received the “ehi bhikkhu pabbajjā”⁴ while the populace were yelling at the king’s palace for the robber’s life. Later, the Buddha presented him before King Pasenādi when the latter came to Jetavana, and Pasenādi, filled with wonder, offered to provide the monk with all requisites. Angulimāla, however, had taken on the dhutaṅgas and refused the king’s offer.