Pāli Dictionary

Nimi2

Person

Ein König von Mithilā, der durch den Anblick eines wegen seiner Beute verfolgten Habichts erkannte, dass Besitz Leiden bringt, seine sechzehntausend Frauen aufgab und ein Pacceka-Buddha wurde

A Pacceka Buddha. He was king of Mithilā. One day he saw a hawk, which was flying with some meat, attacked by vultures. The hawk dropped the meat, which was then taken up by another bird and he, in his turn, was attacked. This process continuing for some time, the king realised that possessions bring sorrow and suffering. He thereupon renounced his sixteen thousand women, and reflecting on his renunciation, became a Pacceka Buddha, and joined three others, who had also become Pacceka Buddhas: Karandu, Naggaji and Dummukha. J.iii.378 f.

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