Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c34.6

v2.c34.6

In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a very rich householder of Haṃsavatī, and, having heard the Buddha describe one of his monks as the sweetest-voiced among them all, he wished for a similar distinction for himself under a future Buddha. In the time of Phussa Buddha he was a *cittapattakokila*, named Nanda, who, seeing the Buddha in the royal park, placed in his bowl a ripe mango.³ In Kassapa Buddha’s day he was the chief architect entrusted with the building of the *thūpa* over the Buddha’s relics, and, when a dispute arose as to how big the *thūpa* should be, he decided in favour of a small one; hence his small stature in his last life.⁴