昔有王曰大力，好施。有來乞者，則一切施與。帝釋欲試之，化為婆羅門，來乞王之身分。王以刀斷臂與之，無悔恨之心。大力王者今之釋迦佛，婆羅門者今之提婆達多是也。見菩薩藏經下，經律異相二十五。
King Powerful, noted for his unstinted generosity. Indra to test him appeared as a Brahman and asked for his flesh; the king ungrudgingly cut of and gave him his arm. Indra was then Devadatta, King Powerful was Śākyamuni; v. 菩薩藏經 (下).