Pāli Dictionary

Mahāsīva4

Person

An incumbent monk of Bhātiyavaṅka during Duṭṭhagāmaṇī’s reign, who saw two former labourers reborn as devatās offering flowers at the Mahā Thūpa.

An incumbent of Bhātiyavaṅka, during the reign of Duṭṭhagāmaṇī. One day he went to worship at the Mahā Thūpa, and there he saw two devatās offering flowers. In their previous lives they were two women who had worked for hire on the Mahā Thūpa. Mhv.xxx.46 ff.

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