Pāli Dictionary

Dhanapāla2

Person

Ein geiziger Millionär aus Erakaccha in Dasaṇṇa, der nach seinem Tod als hungriger Geist wiedergeboren wurde; reisende Kaufleute, die sein Leiden sahen, gaben auf seine eigene Bitte hin in seinem Namen Almosen an den Buddha.

A millionaire (seṭṭhi) of Erakaccha in Dasaṇṇa. He was a miser and, after death, was born as a peta. Some merchants, travelling to Uttarāpaṭha, saw his sufferings and, at his request, gave alms to the Buddha on his behalf. Pv.ii.7; PvA.99 ff.

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