Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.615
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.615
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1. **Bhūtapāla.**—An example of one who possessed ñāṇavipphāra-iddhi.¹ He was the child of a poor man of Rājagaha, and went one day with his father in a cart to the forest to collect firewood. By the time they returned to the town-gate, evening had fallen. The cart was halted awhile, and the oxen, having got free from the yoke, entered the town. Telling the child to sit near the cart, the father set off after the oxen. Before he could return, the gate was shut, and the child owed his escape during the night from wild beasts and demons to his ñāṇavipphāra-iddhi.¹