Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.107
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.107
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v2.c33.107
Raṭṭhapāla is mentioned⁹ with Soṇa-seṭṭhiputta as one who enjoyed great luxury as a householder. He is an example¹⁰ of one who attained to the higher knowledge through resolution (*chandam dhuram katvā*). The Vinayapiṭaka¹¹ contains a stanza quoted by the Buddha, in which Raṭṭhapāla’s father enquires of his son why the latter never asked him for anything. “Because begging is a degrading thing,” says Raṭṭhapāla.