A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana und held a conversation mit him regarding the giving of food. He tells the Buddha that he was formerly a König, a great giver of gifts at the four gates of his capital. Then the women of the court wished also to give, und he allowed them to give at one gate; thus some of his own gifts came back to him. Then the nobles, the army, the brahmins und the householders wished to do the same, und he allowed them to distribute gifts, each class at one gate, und the result was that his gifts were not given at all. He then decreed that out of all his revenues one half should be given away from the source und only half sent to him (S.i.57f). Buddhaghosa adds (SA.i.90) that Serī was König of Sindhava und Sodhika, und that, at each gate, he gave away one tausend pieces daily.