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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2174

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2174

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v2.c36.2174

4. Sāma.—The Milinda refers to a Jātaka story where Devadatta was a man named Sāma, and the Bodhisatta a king of deer, named Ruru. The reference is evidently to the Rurumiga Jātaka,¹ but there the man is called Mahādhanaka.