[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.c35.887 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.887 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.887 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.887](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.887) Vāsuladatta.—A Nāga of Mañjerikabhavana. He was the nephew of Mahākāla, and when Soṇuttara went to the Nāga-world to obtain the Buddha's relics for the Mahā Thūpa, Mahākāla signed to Vāsuladatta to hide them. Vāsuladatta assumed a huge Nāga-form, three hundred leagues long, with a head one league in extent, and having swallowed the casket containing the relics, lay down at the foot of Sineru. But Soṇuttara, by his iddhi-power, put his hand into the Nāga's stomach and removed the invisible relics.¹ - [Previous: v2.c35.886](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.886) - [Next: v2.c35.888](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.888) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.887](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.887) · Pramāṇa