Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.3511

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The Apadāna contains two sets of verses in reference to Mogharāja. They seem to be parts of the same Apadāna which have become separated. The first set⁷ gives an account of the meeting of Mogharāja with Atthadassī Buddha (see above) and includes the verses uttered by Mogharāja in praise of the Buddha. The second set⁸ contains an account of his meeting with Padumuttara Buddha and the resolves he made before him. It further mentions that, for one thousand years, in a later birth, Mogharāja suffered in hell, and that for five hundred births he suffered from skin diseases. This was because he had lighted a fire in the Buddha’s cloister and had made the floor black. In his last birth, too, he suffered from a kuṭṭharoga and could not sleep at night, hence his name (mogharajja-sukhaṃ yasmā Mogharājā tato ahaṃ). These verses also include the Mogharājamāṇava-pucchā.