Bhikkhādāyaka

Once a man of Rājagaha had just sat down to eat when he saw a monk, who had travelled far, standing outside his house.

He emptied his food into the monk's bowl.

When he died he was reborn in Tāvatimsa in a golden palace twelve yojanas in height. Vv.vi.6; VvA.292f.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from