[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c7.138 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.138 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.138 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.138) The Four Great Kings having set a guard over the four quarters, visited the Buddha. Having saluted him and sat down with hosts of other yakkhas, Vessavaṇa told the Buddha that the yakkhas did not, for the most part, believe in the Buddha for the reason that they did not find it pleasant or agreeable to abstain from the things which he declared to be evil—such as the taking of life, theft, etc. And in order that the Buddha’s disciples, haunting lonely and remote parts of the forest where the yakkhas dwelt, might find protection from them, Vessavaṇa suggested that the Buddha might learn the Āṭānāṭiya word-rune (\*rakkha\*). The Buddha agreeing, Vessavaṇa proceeded to recite it. - [Previous: v1.c7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.137) - [Next: v1.c7.139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.139) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.138](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.138) · Pramāṇa