[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.c7.298 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.298 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.298 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.298) Sometimes Ānanda would suggest to the Buddha a simile to be used in his discourse, e.g. the \*Dhammayāna\* simile⁴³; or by a simile suggest a name to be given to a discourse, e.g. the \*Madhupiṇḍika Sutta\*⁴⁴; or again, particularly wishing to remember a certain Sutta, he would ask the Buddha to give it a name, e.g. the \*Bahudhātuka Sutta\*.⁴⁵ - [Previous: v1.c7.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.297) - [Next: v1.c7.299](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.299) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) ## Linked texts (2) - [Bahudhātukasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.115) — Pāli - [Madhupiṇḍikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.18) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.298](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.298) · Pramāṇa