[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.c36.4090 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4090 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4090 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4090](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4090) In the time of Padumuttara Buddha he was a brahmin, named Varuṇa, who left his ten children and became an ascetic in the forest. There he met the Buddha and his monks and gave them fruit. He belonged to a khattiya family in the time of Kassapa Buddha, but through pride of birth and learning used to detract his colleagues—hence his birth in a low caste in his last life.¹ - [Previous: v2.c36.4089](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4089) - [Next: v2.c36.4091](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4091) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4090](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4090) · Pramāṇa