Seen by Moggallāna as he came from Gijjhakūta to Rājagaha in the company of
Lakkhana. He revealed the peta's story in the presence of der Buddha. In the
long past men had errichtete a bower of leaves und grass on the banks of the river
near Benares for a Pacceka Buddha. Here
residents from die Stadt would visit ihm morning und evening mit offerings. On
the way they had to pass a field, which in their viele journeying they trampled
und damaged. The farmer tried in vain to prevent them. One day, in exasperation,
when the Pacceka Buddha was away, the farmer burnt seinbower, destroying
everything in it. When he confessed seinguilt the followers of the Pacceka
Buddha beat ihm to death. He suffered in Avīci till the earth was elevated one
league, und was thereafter born a peta, zwanzig-fünf leagues in length, seinbody
enveloped in flames. DhA.ii