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Dīghataphala

Person

王舍城外一株棕櫚樹中的夜叉,曾捕獲一名喬裝的信使欲食之,後得知其是為王傳信而放她一馬,並因她帶去自己妻子產子的消息而贈以埋藏的財寶。

A yakkha resident in a palm tree outside Rājagaha. Kāḷavilaṅgika’s wife, disguised as a man, taking food from the palace to an impaled man, passed under his tree and was seized as his prey.¹ However, on learning that she was the king’s messenger, the yakkha released her and asked her to convey the news that Dīghataphala’s wife Kāḷī, daughter of the god Sumana, had given birth to a son. In return for this service, Dīghataphala gave the messenger the treasure buried under the tree. She went about shouting the news, and Sumana, hearing it, gave her more treasure. MA.ii.818.

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