Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.659

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2 Pupphacūlā Daughter of king Pupphakeu(2) and his queen Pupphavatī(4) of Pupphabhadda She married her brother Pupphacūla(1) with the consent of her father Her mother did not like it and renounced the world. After her death she was born as a goddess She wanted to enlighten her daughter She showed scenes of hell and heaven to her daughter in dreams Pupphacūlā was frightened Then her father asked the heretics about the conditions of hell and heaven They were not able to give the true account Acarya Annikāputta gave the correct description and the deeds which lead to that type of existence Pupphacūlā then accepted asceticism from that Acarya with the condition that she would accept alms from her father s house In due curse she attained omniscience Once while crossing river Gamgā in a boat she along with others was drowned in the river That place came to be known as Payaga See also Payāga.