Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.363
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.363
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When Ānanda discovered that his friend Roja and Malla had no real faith in the Buddha, he was greatly grieved and interceded on his special behalf with the Buddha that he should make Roja a believer. Later he obtained the Buddha’s permission for Roja to offer a meal of potherbs.⁷⁷ In another place we find Roja presenting Ānanda with a linen cloth.⁷⁸ According to the Jātakaṭṭhakathā⁷⁹ Roja once tried to persuade Ānanda to go back to the lay-life.