[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.c36.3763 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3763 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3763 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.3763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3763) Later, when, in spite of all his father's efforts, the prince had left household life and was practising austerities, news was brought to Suddhodana that his son had died owing to the severity of his penances. But he refused to believe it, saying that his son would never die without achieving his goal.⁴ When this was afterwards related to the Buddha, he preached the Mahādhammapāla Jātaka (q.v.) and showed that in the past, too, Suddhodana had refused to believe that his son could have died even when he was shown the heap of his bones. - [Previous: v2.c36.3762](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3762) - [Next: v2.c36.3764](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3764) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3763](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3763) · Pramāṇa