Dear Nina, Dimitry and friends,

thanks for the pointers. The Dictionary of Proper Names is fantastic,
and I have a set back in Singapore too. I will need to look at more
resources because I'd like to put in more and go beyond a direct
answer to the question, with a little twist. :-)

Thanks again.

metta,
Yong Peng

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Dimitry A. Ivakhnenko wrote:
nvg> Asita which is a beautiful story. We can find this in "Pali
Proper Names", by Malalasekera, PTS. Two huge volumes with info about
persons in Tipitaka and Commentaries.
>
> The story about Asita is available at
> http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/ay/asita.htm
> in the Buddhist Dictionary of Pali Proper Names
> http://www.palikanon.com/english/pali_names/dic_idx.html