Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.104

v2.c38.104

Uttaroḷiya.—A village in Ceylon, in Rājarattha. Near it was Uttaroḷiyavāpi. The Rasavāhinī has a story of a cowherd boy of the village who gave his rice-cake to a piṇḍapātika-thera. The monk developed arahantship before eating it. In his next birth the boy was born in the same village. By virtue of his merit, a treasure-trove appeared in the lake, which one could get except his mother. The king heard of it, and, having tested the truth of the story, gave it to the boy.¹