Citta5
PersonA herdsman in the service of Dīghagāmani who was put to death for refusing to promise the killing of Ummāda-Cittā’s child, and who was subsequently reborn as a yakkha.
A herdsman, servant of Dīghagāmani. He was put to death by the brothers of Ummāda-Cittā, because he refused to promise to kill Ummāda-Cittā’s child should it be a boy. He was reborn as a yakkha. See Cittarāja. Mhv.ix.22 f; MT.278.
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