[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.c31.2578 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2578 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2578 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c31.2577](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2577) - [Next: v2.c31.2579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2579) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2578](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2578) · Pramāṇa