[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.c35.2154 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2154 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.2154 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.2154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2154) The story also occurs in the Cariyāpiṭaka,⁶ and is often referred to⁷ as that of a birth in which the Bodhisatta’s dāna-pāramitā reached its culmination. The earth shook seven times when Vessantara made his gifts, and this forms the subject of a dilemma in the Milindapañha.⁸ - [Previous: v2.c35.2153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2153) - [Next: v2.c35.2155](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2155) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) ## Cites (2) - [Milindapañha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.milindapanha) — Pāli - [Cariyāpiṭaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.cariyapitaka) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2154](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2154) · Pramāṇa