[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.c35.1462 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1462 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.1462 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.1462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1462) Visavanta Jātaka (No. 69).—The Bodhisatta was once a snake-bite doctor, and, on one occasion, when a countryman had been bitten by a snake, the doctor ordered the snake to be brought and asked it to suck the poison out of the wound. This the snake refused to do even though threatened with death by the doctor. - [Previous: v2.c35.1461](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1461) - [Next: v2.c35.1463](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1463) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1462](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1462) · Pramāṇa