Pāli Dictionary

Gopāla6

Person

तावतिंस का एक देवपुत्र, जो राजगृह में एक ग्वाला था और उसने महामोग्गल्लान को भोजन अर्पित किया था, तथा स्थविर को भोजन करते देखते समय सांप के काटने से उसकी मृत्यु हो गई।

A devaputta of Tāvatiṃsa. He had been a cowherd of Rājagaha and had once offered Mahā-Moggallāna a meal of junket and rice (kummāsa). Immediately afterwards he was bitten by a snake and died while watching the elder eat the meal he had given him. Vv.vii.6; VvA.308 f.

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