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PersonA yakkha who once demanded a human sacrifice from a nearby village each year until he was converted by Dīpaṅkara Buddha.
A yakkha who presided over Nāradakūṭa. Offerings, which included a man from each village, were brought to him once a year. Dīpaṅkara Buddha visited him and, after performing many miracles, converted him. He, with ten thousand other yakkhas, became a Stream-winner. Bu.ii.199; BuA.101.
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