Piṅgala untranslated

Piṅgala 01. See Mahā Piṅgala.

Piṅgala 02. A cow killing huntsman, a former birth of Alāta. Ja.vi.227.

Piṅgala 03. King of Suraṭṭha, contemporary of Dhammāsoka, whose adviser he was. One day, as Piṅgala was returning from Dhammāsoka’s court, the Peta Nandaka, father of Uttarā, revealed himself and instructed him to follow the Buddha’s teaching. Pv.iv.3; Pv-a.244ff.

Piṅgala 04. A race of elephants (MN­a.i.262; Vibh­a.397; Ud­a.403; AN­a.ii.822), each having the strength of one hundred thousand men. Bv­a.37.

Piṅgalā. A slave who, having made an assignation with her lover, as soon as her work was finished, waited outside her master’s house, expecting his arrival. At the end of the middle watch, she gave up waiting and slept peacefully. This is one of the incidents mentioned in the Sīlavīmaṁsajātaka. Ja 290, Ja.iii.101.