A village in Ceylon. A young novice named Tissa of Pańcaggalalena, travelling through the air, saw the daughter of the smith of Girigáma bathing in a lotus pond with five of her friends, and heard them singing aloud. He was so fascinated by her that he lost his power of flight. SNA.i.70; ApA.i.128.


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