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The Mahapurana, Uttara Purana, describes a being named Maladhari, who was constantly tormented by the elements, cold, heat, and wind. He was always covered in dirt and only desired the pleasures of the tongue, his other senses having been lost. Like a king who always carries a staff to punish those who disobey, Maladhari always carried a staff, ready to strike.
This being, born in the seventh hell, was a manifestation of the darkness that pervades the souls of those who dwell there. He was the color of lentils or ink, or perhaps a dark mass of shadows, afraid of the sun. He was repulsive, a sinner, and even when he was fed to his heart's content, his eyes still seemed unsatisfied. He wore tattered and torn clothes, full of holes, and his body was covered in wounds that stank. Flies buzzed around him constantly, never leaving him, and he was constantly enraged by them. Children from the city would follow him, throwing stones and tormenting him. He would chase them, but would always fall down, suffering greatly.
One day, he encountered a Muni named Samudra Sena, who was traveling to the house of the merchant Vaishravana for a meal. The merchant also fed Maladhari to his heart's content. After eating, Maladhari went to the Muni's ashram and begged him to make him like him. The Muni, seeing his sincerity, decided to take him in and observe him for a while. After some time, he taught him the practice of Samayama, the path to peace.
Within a year, Maladhari gained wisdom and other powers, and became known as Gotama, taking on the role of his teacher. At the end of his life, his teacher ascended to the higher plane of existence, the Suvishala Vimana, becoming an Ahmindra. Gotama, too, at the end of his life, practiced his devotions diligently and attained the same plane of existence, becoming an Ahmindra in the Suvishala Vimana.
He enjoyed the divine pleasures of that realm for a long time, but eventually, after 28 lifetimes, he was reborn again.