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Here [[food]] ([[nivāpa]]) was regularly placed for the squirrels. It is said that once a certain [[raja]] went there for a picnic and, having over-drunk, fell asleep. His retinue, [[seeing]] him [[sleeping]], wandered away, looking for [[flowers]] and {{Wiki|fruits}}. A {{Wiki|snake}}, attracted by the {{Wiki|smell}} of [[liquor]], approached the [[king]] from a neighbouring tree-trunk, and would have bitten him had not a tree-sprite, assuming the [[form]] of a squirrel, [[awakened]] him by her chirping. In [[gratitude]] the [[rājā]] gave orders that thenceforth the squirrels in that locality should be fed regularly. UdA.60; SnA.ii.419. | Here [[food]] ([[nivāpa]]) was regularly placed for the squirrels. It is said that once a certain [[raja]] went there for a picnic and, having over-drunk, fell asleep. His retinue, [[seeing]] him [[sleeping]], wandered away, looking for [[flowers]] and {{Wiki|fruits}}. A {{Wiki|snake}}, attracted by the {{Wiki|smell}} of [[liquor]], approached the [[king]] from a neighbouring tree-trunk, and would have bitten him had not a tree-sprite, assuming the [[form]] of a squirrel, [[awakened]] him by her chirping. In [[gratitude]] the [[rājā]] gave orders that thenceforth the squirrels in that locality should be fed regularly. UdA.60; SnA.ii.419. | ||
| − | According to some, it was the [[gift]] of a {{Wiki|merchant}} named [[Wikipedia:Kalantaka|Kalandaka]] (Beal: Romantic Legend, p.315); [[Tibetan]] sources identify the [[rājā]] with [[Bimbisāra]] and say that the {{Wiki|snake}} was a [[reincarnation]] of the [[owner]] whose land the [[king]] had confiscated. According to these same sources the [[name]] is [[Kalantaka]] and is described as the [[name]] of a bird (Rockhill: op. cit., p.43). | + | According to some, it was the [[gift]] of a {{Wiki|merchant}} named [[Wikipedia:Kalantaka|Kalandaka]] (Beal: Romantic Legend, p.315); [[Tibetan]] sources identify the [[rājā]] with [[Bimbisāra]] and say that the {{Wiki|snake}} was a [[reincarnation]] of the [[owner]] whose land the [[king]] had confiscated. According to these same sources the [[name]] is [[Wikipedia:Kalantaka|Kalantaka]] and is described as the [[name]] of a bird (Rockhill: op. cit., p.43). |
[[Kalandakanivāpa]] was evidently a favourite resort of the [[Buddha]] and his [[monks]]. | [[Kalandakanivāpa]] was evidently a favourite resort of the [[Buddha]] and his [[monks]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 08:05, 25 August 2014
Kalandakanivāpa; A woodland in Veluvana.
Here food (nivāpa) was regularly placed for the squirrels. It is said that once a certain raja went there for a picnic and, having over-drunk, fell asleep. His retinue, seeing him sleeping, wandered away, looking for flowers and fruits. A snake, attracted by the smell of liquor, approached the king from a neighbouring tree-trunk, and would have bitten him had not a tree-sprite, assuming the form of a squirrel, awakened him by her chirping. In gratitude the rājā gave orders that thenceforth the squirrels in that locality should be fed regularly. UdA.60; SnA.ii.419.
According to some, it was the gift of a merchant named Kalandaka (Beal: Romantic Legend, p.315); Tibetan sources identify the rājā with Bimbisāra and say that the snake was a reincarnation of the owner whose land the king had confiscated. According to these same sources the name is Kalantaka and is described as the name of a bird (Rockhill: op. cit., p.43).
Kalandakanivāpa was evidently a favourite resort of the Buddha and his monks.
