Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2578

v2.c31.2578

Mātaṅga then went to the kingdom of Mejjha, where the exiled brahmins reported against him to the king, saying that he was a juggler and a mountebank. The king's messengers surprised Mātaṅga as he was eating his food beside a well, and cut off his head. He was born in the Brahma-world. The gods were angry and wiped out the whole kingdom of Mejjha by pouring on it torrents of hot ashes. Before his meeting with Diṭṭhamaṅgalikā the Bodhisatta was a mongoose-tamer (koṇḍadamaka).¹