Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.11
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.11
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v2.c31.11
The story was related in reference to some inhabitants of a hamlet in Magadha who were worried by mosquitoes when working in the jungle. One day they armed themselves with arrows, and while trying to shoot the mosquitoes, shot each other. The Buddha saw them outside the village greatly disabled because of their folly.¹