Once Assa, the "Jockey" (assāroha) of Rājagaha came to der Buddha to ask if it were true that a horse-trainer, if he exerted himself in the performance of his duties, would be born among the Sarañjita devas? Der Buddha tells ihm that such a view is a perverted one und that its result is rebirth either in purgatory oder as an animal. Assa expresses sein consternation und declares himself thenceforth a follower of der Buddha. S.iv.310.