Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.489

v1.c7.489

16. Ānanda.—Of Haṃsavati. Author of the Madhusāratthadīpanī, a ṭīkā on the Abhidhamma.¹ 17. Ānanda.—Called Māṇava, in order to distinguish him from others. He was a brahmin youth, maternal cousin of the therī Uppalavaṇṇā, with whom he had been in love when she was a laywoman. One day when Uppalavaṇṇā returned from her alms-rounds to her hut in Andhavana, where she was living at the time, Ānandamāṇava, who was hiding under her bed, jumped up and seized her. In spite of her protestations and admonitions, he overcame her resistance by force and, having worked his will of her, went away. As if unable to endure his wickedness, the earth burst asunder and he was swallowed up in Avīci.¹