Pāli Dictionary

Gandhodaka (°dāyaka)

Person

Ein Arahant, der bei der Feier zu Ehren des Bodhi-Baumes des Buddha Padumuttara duftendes Wasser darauf goss und vom Blitz erschlagen wurde, dann im Himmel geboren wurde, wo er den Buddha und dessen Lehre pries

An Arahant. Once, when celebrations were being held in honour of the Bodhi-tree of Padumuttara Buddha, he poured fragrant water from a painted pot onto the tree. There was a thunderstorm and he was killed on the spot by lightning. Being born in heaven, he uttered stanzas in praise of the Buddha and his teaching. One hundred and twenty-eight world-cycles ago he became a king, named Saṃvasita. Ap.i.105 f.

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