Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.198

v2.c31.198

The story was told in reference to a superstitious brahmin of Rājagaha who had his clothes thrown away in the manner related above. The Buddha was waiting in the charnel-field and picked up the garments. When the brahmin protested, he related to him the story and preached to him on the folly of paying heed to superstitions. At the end of the sermon, father and son became sotāpannas. The characters in both stories are the same.¹