Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.251

v1.c7.251

⁸ The account here given is summarised from AA. i. 159 ff. and from ThagA. ii. 121 ff. On the boons see J. iv. 96, where Ānanda had asked for boons in the past too. The Tibetan sources give a different and interesting version of Ānanda’s entry into the Order. See Rockhill: *Life of the Buddha*, 57-8.