Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2619
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2619
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v2.c31.2619
The Dhammapada Commentary² calls this the Mātuposaka-Nāgarāja Jātaka and gives the name of the elephant as Dhanapāla. It was related to the four sons of a brahmin who waited on their aged father. The audience shed floods of tears, so greatly were they moved, and the brahmin and his sons became sotāpannas.