Of Therambatthala. When he was ill, thirty thousand monks of great power came to minister to him. The king of the Nāgas was also present, and as he offered rice gruel to the Elder, the king of the Supannas dashed across the sky to seize him. But Buddharakkhita created a mountain, into which he made the Elder and the Nāga enter. Vsm.155, 375; DhSA.187.