Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.5316

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2. **Somadatta Jātaka** (No. 410).—A wealthy brahmin of Benares once left the world and became an ascetic in the Himālaya, where he adopted an elephant-calf, calling it **Somadatta**. One day the elephant ate too much and fell ill. The brahmin went in search of wild fruit for it, but before he could return, the animal was dead. The ascetic was filled with grief. **Sakka** (the Bodhisatta) saw this and, appearing before him, reminded him that it was not for this that he had left wife, wealth and children.