[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.c30.379 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.379 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.379 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.379) Bhātikābhaya once heard a Sutta⁵ in which the Buddha had declared that, of all perfumes, that of jasmine was the strongest. In order to test this the king filled a room with the four kinds of perfume and then placed in it handfuls of various flowers, including jasmine. He then left the room and shut the door. After a while he entered again, and the first scent which greated him was that of jasmine. Convinced of the truth of the Buddha’s statement, he fell prostrate and worshipped him.⁶ It is said⁷ that the king once asked a reciter to tell him of an auspicious stanza (jayamangala) connected with all the Three Jewels. After thinking for a while, he recited the stanza beginning divā tapati ādicco, ratti ābhāti candimā.⁸ At the end of the first pāda, the reciter saluted the setting sun, at the end of the second the rising moon, at the end of the third the Saṅgha, and at the end of the stanza he stretched his hands upwards in salutation of the Mahā Thūpa. The king asked him to hold his hands there and placed in them one thousand pieces. - [Previous: v2.c30.378](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.378) - [Next: v2.c30.380](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.380) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.379](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.379) · Pramāṇa