Cūḷasudhamma
A Thera who lived in GirigÄmakaṇṇa. King Kuá¹akaṇṇa(tissa), while staying in UppalavÄpi, once sent for him out of his great respect for him. The Thera came and resided in MÄlÄrÄmavihÄra. Having discovered from the Elder’s mother that Cūḷasudhamma was fond of radishes (?kaṇá¸a), the king prepared some and took them to the vihÄra, but, while offering them to the Elder, he could not bring himself to look at his face. When leaving the vihÄra, he asked his queen, “what did the Elder look like?†However, she replied that if he, who was the Elder’s follower (parisa), could not look at him, how could she do so? The king marvelled that the son of one of his subjects should have such power. VibhA.452.
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