1 [n.350] In Be and Se, this sutta is entitled Sūciloma and the following sutta Dutiya-sūciloma, while in Ee the former is entitled Sūci-sārathi and the latter Sūcako. In Be and Se, the miserable spirit in the former sutta is said to have been a sūta, glossed by Spk as assadamaka, a horse trainer, while in Ee he is said to have been a sūcaka. In all three eds., the spirit in the following sutta is said to have been a sūcaka, glossed by Spk as pesuññakāraka, a slanderer. I follow Be and Se both with respect to the titles of the two suttas and the former identities of the tormented spirits. … "I saw a man with body-hairs of needles moving through the air. Those needles kept on rising up and striking his body while he uttered cries of pain … ."

"That being was a horse trainer in this same Rājagaha … ."

1"Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ sūcilomaṁ purisaṁ vehāsaṁ gacchantaṁ. Tassa tā sūciyo uppatitvā uppatitvā tasseva kāye nipatanti. So sudaṁ aṭṭassaraṁ karoti … pe …

eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe sūto ahosi … pe … .

Aṭṭhamaṁ.