[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.c31.743 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.743 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.743 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.743](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.743) 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 - [Previous: v2.c31.742](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.742) - [Next: v2.c31.744](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.744) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.743](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.743) · Pramāṇa