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golden plate, appeared in the guise of his parents and fed the boy. But they forget to carry back the golden plate and restore it at its proper place. In the morning, the boy was arrested and brought before the king on a charge of theft from the royal kitchen. When the boy narrated the whole episode, the king in the company of the boy visited Buddha.
Source: Dhammapada Atthakathā,
21-5.
Comment
Namo Buddhassa and Namo Arahantānam are comparable core words of the two religions, and the use of the words by 'one with right outlook' and 'one with a wrong outlook' are to be found in both.
46. Offer to the Niganthas
Once Sāriputta asked his maternal uncle, a Brahmin, at Rājagrha, if he indulged in any act earning merit. Said the Brahmin,
"'I make an offer worth a thousand coins per month to the Niganthas". Sāriputta conducted the Brahmin to Buddha where he was made to repeat the same words, when Buddha said to him, "If you continue to make an offer like this to the Niganthas for a thousand years, that will not equal to looking at my monks with a pleasant mind for a moment or making a spoonful of offer to them".
Source: Dhammapada Atthakathā,
8-5
Comment
This is one more example of concocted stories in Dhammapada Atthakathā. This appears to have been the sole purpose. According to this story, Sāriputta's maternal uncle was a Nigaạtha follower. In another story, we have seen that Buddha's own uncle had been described to be a Nigantha follower.
