Anitthigandhakumāra
PersonThe Bodhisatta as a prince of Bārāṇasī who hated women until seduced by a dancing-girl, but later renounced her and the world after witnessing her corrupt an ascetic; his story is told in the Cūḷapalobhana Jātaka.
The Bodhisatta, born as the son of a king of Bārāṇasī. He hated the sight of women until he was seduced by a dancing-girl. He was banished from home together with the girl, and they lived in a forest-hut, where the girl tempted an ascetic and robbed him of his mystic power. The Bodhisatta, realising this, gave up the woman, and himself became an ascetic. The story is told in the Cūḷapalobhana Jātaka. J.ii.329-31.
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