[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.c31.360 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.360 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.360 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.360) Maṭṭakuṇḍali, Maṭṭhakuṇḍali.—The only son of the brahmin Adinnapubbaka. His father loved him dearly, but was a great miser, and made for him, with his own hands, a pair of burnished ear-rings in order to save the goldsmith’s fee; the boy thus came to be called Maṭṭakuṇḍali (burnished ear-rings). When he was sixteen he had an attack of jaundice. His father refused to call in a physician, and prescribed for him himself till the boy was beyond all cure. Then he carried him out and laid him on the terrace, lest those who came to prepare for the funeral should see his wealth. - [Previous: v2.c31.359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.359) - [Next: v2.c31.361](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.361) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.360) · Pramāṇa