Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3154

v2.c36.3154

³ Cf. ibid., 494, vs. 29 f. The story of Sīvalī is given also at Ud. ii. 8; AA. i. 136 f.; DhA. iv. 192 f.; ii. 196; J. i. 408 f. The Ud. follows the DhA. very closely. Both Ud. and J. say that a lay supporter of Moggallāna postponed his entertainment of the Buddha (who requested him to do so) to enable the Buddha to accept Suppavāsā’s invitation after the birth of the child. Other accounts omit this. Ud. says nothing about Sīvalī’s retirement from the world. The DhA. account of this differs from the others.