Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.106

v2.c33.106

⁸ MA. ii. 722; ThagA. (ii. 30) differs in many details; it makes no mention of Pālita, and says that in Padumuttara’s time, too, the householder’s name was Raṭṭhapāla. The name of the monk, disciple of Padumuttara, whose example incited the householder to wish for similar honour, is not given. This account adds (see also AA. i. 143 f.) that in the time of Phussa Buddha (q.v.) he was one of those in charge of the alms-giving held in the Buddha’s honour by his three step-brothers. Bimbisāra and Visākha were his colleagues (AA. i. 165). The Ap. (i. 63 f.) is again different. It says that in Padumuttara’s time the householder gave the Buddha an elephant with all its trappings, and then, buying it back, built with the money a saṅghārāma containing fifty-four thousand rooms. As a result he was king of the gods fifty times and Cakkavatti fifty-eight times. AA. i. 141 gives the story at greater length, some of the minor details varying.