Dūsī
Name of MÄra in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. He was, in that birth, son of KÄlÄ«, sister of MoggallÄna. He first incited the brahmin householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidhura and SañjÄ«va; when that effort failed owing to the thoughts of goodwill, pity, sympathy and equanimity, developed by the monks, he next incited the brahmins to show great honour to the monks, hoping, in that way, to tempt them. However, owing to the intervention of Kakusandha, DÅ«sī’s attempts failed and he was born in the MahÄ Niraya.
The story is given in the MÄratajjaniya Sutta (M.i.333ff; also Thag.1187-91; ThagA.ii.183).
Dūsī is mentioned as having died early because his life was cut off by kamma (Vsm.229).
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