Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2001

v2.c36.2001

According to some accounts,²⁰ Anāthapiṇḍika’s daughter, Cūḷa-Subhaddā, was married to the son of Kāḷaka, a seṭṭhi of Sāketa. Kāḷaka was a follower of the Nigaṇṭhas, but he allowed Subhaddā to invite the Buddha to a meal. She did this by scattering eight handfuls of jasmine-flowers into the air from her balcony. The Buddha read her thoughts, and went to Sāketa the next day with five hundred arahants. At Sakka’s request, Vessavaṇa (? Vissakamma) provided gabled chambers in which the Buddha and his monks travelled by air to Sāketa. At the end of the meal, the Buddha preached to Kāḷakaseṭṭhi, who became a sotāpanna, and gave the Kāḷakārāma for the use of the monks.