Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.2031

v2.c27.2031

6. Puṇṇā.—A slave-woman. The Commentaries mention¹ that the Buddha once made a rag-robe (*pamsukūla*) out of a garment cast off by her in a cemetery overgrown with weeds (*atimuttakasusāna*). When the Buddha donned the robe the earth trembled in wonder. It was this robe that the Buddha exchanged with Mahā Kassapa; when the Buddha picked it up from the cemetery where Puṇṇā had cast it off it was covered with insects.²