Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.743
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.743
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Mandhātū Jātaka (No. 258).—The story of King Mandhātā. It was told to a backsliding monk who, while travelling in Sāvatthi for alms, saw an attractively-dressed woman and fell in love with her. This was reported to the Buddha, who told him this story to show that lust could never be satisfied.¹ At the end of the discourse the monk, with many others, became a sotāpanna.²