Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1353

v2.c27.1353

Pāṭaliputta-peta.—A man of Pāṭaliputta, having gone to Suvaṇṇabhūmi for trade, fell in love with a woman there, and was born after death as a vimāna-peta on an island. After some time, the woman passed the island in a ship, and he managed to stop the vessel and to get her marooned. He lived with her for a year, and then, at her request, took her back to Pāṭaliputta.¹