[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.c35.187 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.187 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.187 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.187) 1. \*\*Vajjiputta Thera.\*\*—He belonged to the family of a minister of Vesālī, and, seeing the majesty of the Buddha who visited the city, he joined the Order and lived in a wood near by. A festival took place in Vesālī, with much singing and dancing and gaiety. This distracted Vajjiputta, and he expressed his disgust in a verse spoken in scorn of the forest-life. A woodland sprite heard him and upbraided him, saying, "Though you spurn life in the forest, the wise, desiring solitude, think much of it," and she then uttered a verse praising it.¹ Urged on by the sprite's words, Vajjiputta developed insight and became an arahant. - [Previous: v2.c35.186](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.186) - [Next: v2.c35.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.188) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.187](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.187) · Pramāṇa