Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.320

v1.c9.320

Perhaps it is this same māṇava that is mentioned in the *Pāyāsi Sutta*. When **Pāyāsi Rājañña** was converted by **Kumāra Kassapa**, he instituted almsgiving to all and sundry, but the gifts he gave consisted of such things as gruel and scraps of food and coarse robes. Uttara, who was one of his retainers, spoke sarcastically of Pāyāsi’s generosity, and on being challenged by Pāyāsi to show what should be done, Uttara gave gladly and with his own hands excellent foods and garments. As a result, after death, while Pāyāsi was born only in the empty **Serisaka-vimāna** of the **Cātummahārājika** world, Uttara was born in **Tāvatiṃsa**.²