Devaputta
PlaceA city in India, fifteen leagues from Pāṭaliputta, site of the Sīhakumbha monastery and the birthplace of Rūpadevī and Kañcanadevī, where the Buddha’s Bowl Relic was once kept and celebrated, and whose king in the time of Asoka bore the same name as the city.
A city in India, fifteen leagues from Pāṭaliputta. In it was the Sīhakumbha-vihāra.
It was the birthplace of Rūpadevī and Kañcanadevī.
At one time the Buddha’s Bowl Relic was there and celebrations were held in its honour.
The king of Devaputta, in the time of Asoka, was also called Devaputta. Ras.i.25, 34, 80.
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