[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.c36.2179 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2179 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2179 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.2179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2179) When Piliyakkha heard who Sāma was and of how he was the mainstay of his parents, he was filled with grief. Sāma fell down fainting from the poisoned arrow, and the king thought him dead. A goddess, Bahusodarī, who had been Sāma’s mother seven births earlier, lived in Gandhamādana and kept constant watch over him. This day she had gone to an assembly of the gods and had forgotten him for a while, but she suddenly became aware of the danger into which he had fallen. She stood in the air near Piliyakkha, unseen by him, and ordered him to go and warn Sāma’s parents. He did as he was commanded, and, having revealed his identity, gradually informed them of Sāma’s fate and his own part in it. But neither Dukūlaka nor Pārikā spoke to him one word of resentment. They merely asked to be taken to where Sāma’s body lay. Arrived there, Pārikā made a solemn Act of Truth (saccakiriyā), and the poison left Sāma’s body, making him well. - [Previous: v2.c36.2178](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2178) - [Next: v2.c36.2180](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2180) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2179](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.2179) · Pramāṇa