Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2366
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2366
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v2.c36.2366
Mention is made of two occasions on which Sāriputta fell ill. Once he had fever and was cured by lotus-stalks which Moggallāna obtained for him from the Mandākinī Lake.⁴⁵ On the other occasion he had stomach trouble, which was again cured by Moggallāna giving him garlic (lasuna), to eat which the rule regarding the use of garlic had to be rescinded by the Buddha.⁴⁶