SÄli, SÄliya
1. SÄliya.- Only son of Duá¹á¹hagÄmaṇī. He renounced the throne and married AsokamÄlÄ, a Caṇá¸Äla girl (Mv.xxxiii.1f). In his previous birth he had been a smith, named Tissa, in Muṇá¸agaá¹…gÄ, and his wife was NÄgÄ (SumanÄ). The couple gave a meal with pork to eight Arahants, (for their names see MT.606) led by Dhammadinna Thera of Talaá¹…gatissapabbata. It is said that on the day of birth the whole of Sri Lanka was filled with paddy, hence his name.
SÄli was very pious, and all the revenues given to him by his father he gave away in charity. He kept the fast days in the Issarasamaṇa-vihÄra and built the SÄlipabbata vihÄra (MT.606).
He will be the son of Metteyya Buddha in his next birth. MT.xxxii.83. See also Ras.ii.114f.
2. SÄliya.- One of the ministers of Vaá¹á¹agÄmaṇī (Mhv.xxxiii.90). He built the SÄliyÄrÄma.
3. SÄliya. An ox. See the Gandatindu JÄtaka.
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