Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.302

v2.c31.302

This same Elder is referred to elsewhere⁴ as an example of one who practised *pariyatti-appicchatā*. He was the leader of the assembly of monks (*saṅghathera*). On the day of the dedication of Asoka’s vihāra, the Thera was a *khīṇāsava* and was present, but his begging bowl and robe were hardly worth a farthing. People, seeing him there, asked him to make way; but he sank into the earth, rising to receive the alms given to the leader of the monks, knowing that he alone was fit to accept it.⁵