Puṇḍarīka3
PersonOne of the four treasure troves left behind when the Buddha renounced the world, and the setting of a discourse in which a monk who inhaled the scent of a lotus in a forest pool was called a scent thief by a forest deity and greatly agitated by the encounter.
One of the four treasure troves left behind by the Buddha when he renounced the world. DA.i.284.
Puṇḍarīka Sutta.– A monk, staying in a forest tract in Kosala, once entered a lotus pool and inhaled the scent of a lotus. The deva of the forest, desirous of his welfare, called him a “scent thief” and engaged him in conversation, whereby he was greatly agitated. S.i.204 f.
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