1… "I saw a woman, foul-smelling and ugly, moving through the air. Vultures, crows, and hawks, following her in hot pursuit, were stabbing at her and tearing her apart while she uttered cries of pain … ."

"That woman was a fortune-teller in this same Rājagaha…." [n.356] Maṅgulitthi. Spk glosses: maṅgulin ti virūpaṁ duddasikaṁ bībhacchaṁ. She deceived people, accepting scents and flowers, telling them they could become rich by performing certain rites. She caused the multitude to accept a bad view, a wrong view. Thus she herself became foul-smelling because of taking scents and flowers, and ugly because of making them accept a bad view.

1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ itthiṁ duggandhaṁ maṅguliṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantiṁ. Tamenaṁ gijjhāpi kākāpi kulalāpi anupatitvā anupatitvā vitacchenti virājenti. Sā sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …

esā, bhikkhave, itthī imasmiṁyeva rājagahe ikkhaṇikā ahosi … pe … .

Catutthaṁ.