Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.120
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.120
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1. Indaka.—A yakkha who lived in *Indakūṭa*, near *Rājagaha*. When the Buddha was staying at *Indakūṭa*, the yakkha questioned him as to how the soul finds its material counterpart. The Buddha, in reply, described how the embryo evolved into its final shape by the laws of physical growth and not by a soul’s fiat.¹