Okilini Sapattangarakokiri Sutta: 1 definition

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

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Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

The story of a peta mentioned in the Lakkhana Samyutta.

She was seen going through the air, parched and sooty, uttering cries of distress. Moggallana declares (S.ii.260; SA.ii.163) that she had once been the head queen of a king of Kalinga.

One day, seeing the king show fondness for a dancer who was massaging him, she was moved with jealousy and scattered a brazier of coals over the womans head.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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