Piṅgala3
PersonEin König von Suraṭṭha und Berater von Dhammāsoka, der vom hungrigen Geist Nandaka, dem Vater von Uttarā, angewiesen wurde, der Lehre des Buddha zu folgen.
King of Suraṭṭha, a contemporary of Dhammāsoka, whose adviser he was. One day, as Piṅgala was returning from Dhammāsoka’s court, the hungry ghost (peta) Nandaka, father of Uttarā, revealed himself and instructed him to follow the Buddha’s teaching. Pv.iv.3; PvA.244 ff.
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