Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.637

v2.c35.637

6. Vasabha.—Called Labhiya Vasabha. One of the famous warriors of Duṭṭhagāmaṇi. He was called Labhiya because his body was noble in form, “straight like a stick (yaṭṭhi).”¹ When he was twenty years old, he started to build a tank with some friends, and he threw away masses of earth which would have needed ten or twelve ordinary men to move them. Kākavaṇṇatissa heard of this and summoned him to the court. The village irrigated by the tank was given to him, and it came to be called Vasabhodakavāra.²