Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1243

v2.c27.1243

Pasenadi liked to be the foremost in gifts to the Buddha and his Order. This was why he held the Asadisadāna (q.v.) under the guidance and inspiration of Mallikā; but he was hurt when the Buddha’s sermon of thanksgiving did not seem to him commensurate with the vast amount (fourteen crores) which he had spent. The Buddha then explained to him that this lack of enthusiasm was out of consideration for the king’s minister Kāḷa. When the king learned that Kāḷa disapproved of the lavish way in which money had been spent at the almsgiving, he banished him from the court, while he allowed the minister Juṇha, who had furthered the almsgiving, to rule over the kingdom for seven days.³⁵