Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v2.c8.s2.285

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Malladiṇṇa (Malladatta) Younger brother of Titthaṃkara Malli(1). He once asked the guild of painters to decorate his *citrasabhā* with their artistic work. One of the painters was so gifted that he could draw a complete portrait of a person by seeing only a portion of his body. He happened to see a toe of Malli and drew her full picture. Malladiṇṇa was very much annoyed to see his sister's picture there. He dismembered the thumb of that painter and banished him. The painter then took shelter under king Aḍiṇasattu(1) of Hatthiṇāura and showed him the portrait of Malli. He was so much attracted to her flaming beauty that he demanded Malli in marriage.¹
1. Jna. 73, SthA. p. 402.