[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.c38.201 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c38.201 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c38.201 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c38.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.201) \*\*Goṭhayimbara.\*\*—\*Add\* : See also Ras. ii. 87 f., which says that he was so called because he was short, but that according to the Uttara-vihāra monks he was given the name because, when he went hunting, he killed animals by dashing them on \*koṭhayimbara\*-trees. Once when he was holding a feast in his house, after defeating the Damiḷas, a Yakkha, named Jayasena of Ariṭṭhapabbata, happened to pass by, and, entering the house, fell in love with G.'s wife. G. challenged him to a fight and defeated him. He celebrated the victory for seven days and went to the palace drunk. Being refused admission, he swam across to Kāvīrapaṭṭana, and, having gone as far as the Himālaya in search of holy monks, was about to kill himself in despair when an arahant Thera appeared before him and ordained him. He later attained arahantship. - [Previous: v2.c38.200](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.200) - [Next: v2.c38.202](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.202) - [Up: v2.c38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38) ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasavāhinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.katha.rasavahini) — Vedeha, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.201](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c38.201) · Pramāṇa