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Dīghataphala

Person

라자가하 외곽 야자수에 사는 약카로, 변장한 사자를 먹잇감으로 붙잡았으나 그 임무를 알고 풀어주었으며, 자신의 아내가 출산했다는 소식을 가져온 대가로 묻어둔 보물을 하사했다.

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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