[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c29.451 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.451 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.451 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.451) Biraṇī.—A goddess (devadhītā). She had a palace in the Cātummahārājika-world which Nimi saw on his visit to heaven when he learnt her story from Mātali. In the time of Kassapa Buddha she had been a slave in a brahmin’s house. The brahmin, whose name was Asoka, invited eight monks to feed daily at his house and asked his wife to arrange to feed them at a cost of one kahāpaṇa each. This she refused to do as did also his daughters; but their slave agreed to carry out this work, and she did it most conscientiously and with great devotion. As a result she was reborn in heaven.¹ Her palace was twelve leagues in height and one in extent; it possessed nine storeys and one thousand rooms. When Duṭṭhagāmaṇi wished to erect the Lohapāsāda, he asked the monks for a plan, and eight arahants went to the deva-world and returned with a plan of Biraṇī’s palace.² - [Previous: v2.c29.450](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.450) - [Next: v2.c29.452](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.452) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.451](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.451) · Pramāṇa