^24:1 I take this to be the meaning of senasana-carika, in contradistinction to the ordinary carika in which the destination was uncertain and in which alms were received from the laity.

^25:1 This is another name for Kuvera, the Hindu Plutus, half-brother of Ravana, the demon-king of Ceylon in the Ramayana. As appears from Jataka No. , Vessavana had rule over Tree-sprites as well as Water-sprites, holding his office from Sakka.

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