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A brahmin and his wife wished to give alms to four
brahmins; the brahmin went to the monastery to fetch them. With him returned
four arahant sāmaneras:
The wife was angry at the sight of them and sent the man
back. He brought, in turn, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, both of whom turned back on
seeing the novices. Sakka's throne was heated, as the novices sat hungry, and he
came in the guise of a brahmin, entered the house, and sat down after
worshipping the novices. The brahmin and his wife tried to turn him out; but
failing in this, they fed all their five guests. Each of them made an opening in
some part of the house, through which he departed. Henceforth the house was
known as the Pañcacchiddageha. DhA.iv.176ff.

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