Alomā
PersonAlso known as Ālomā
A poor woman of Bārāṇasī who, having nothing else to offer, gave the Buddha some dried, saltless meat with a devout heart as he passed on his alms round, and who, after constantly recalling her gift, was reborn in a mansion in Tāvatiṃsa, where Mahā-Moggallāna heard her story.
v.l. Ālomā.– A poor woman of Bārāṇasī. She saw the Buddha going on his begging round, and having nothing else to offer, gave him, with very pious heart, some dried flesh, old and saltless.
She thought constantly of her gift, and after death was born in a mansion (vimāna) in Tāvatiṃsa, where Mahā-Moggallāna came across her and heard her story from her. Vv.39; VvA.184.
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