Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3844

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The story was told in reference to a dog belonging to a water-carrier who used to be fed near the Ambalakoṭṭhaka in Jetavana. Once a villager saw it and bought it from the water-carrier and took it away on a chain. The dog followed quietly, and the man, thinking it to be fond of him, let it loose. The dog ran away and returned to its old home. The two dogs were identical.¹ 1. Sunanda.—Father of Padumuttara Buddha.¹ He became an ascetic and the Buddha preached to him. In this life he was Puṇṇa Mantānīputta.²