[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.c38.174 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.174 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c38.174 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.174) \*\*Kurudeva.\*\*—A poor man, who lived in Vattura Vihāra, eating large quantities of food and doing no work. Listening to the advice of a monk, he took the five precepts and fed fishes with a part of his meal. He was later born as Mahānela (\*q.v.\*). - [Previous: v2.c38.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.173) - [Next: v2.c38.175](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.175) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.174](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.174) · Pramāṇa