Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.347

v1.c7.347

They would stand round him when he preached, fanning him and asking him questions on the Dhamma. When he went to Kosambī to impose the higher penalty on Channa, the women of King Udena’s harem, hearing of his presence in the park, came to him and listened to his preaching. So impressed were they that they gave him five hundred robes.⁶⁹ It was on this occasion that Ānanda convinced Udena of the conscientiousness with which the Sākyaputta monks used everything which was given to them, wasting nothing. The king, pleased with Ānanda, gave him another five hundred robes, all of which he distributed among the community.