Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1205

v2.c27.1205

⁵ S. i. 75; for details see the Mahāsupina and Lohakumbhi Jātakas. It is said (SA. i. 111) that the king fell in love with a woman while riding round the city; on discovering that she was married, he ordered her husband to go, before sunset, and fetch clay and lilies from a pond one hundred leagues away. When the man had gone, the king ordered the gate-keepers to shut the gates early and not on any account to open them. The husband returned in the evening, and finding the gates shut, went to Jetavana, to seek protection from the king's wrath. The king spent a sleepless night owing to his passion and had bad dreams. When the brahmins were consulted they advised a great animal sacrifice. The story is also found at DhA. ii. 1 ff., with several variations in detail.