Pāli Dictionary

Mahāsena4

Person

パータリプッタを統治したインドの王で、毎日千人の比丘に食事を施し、それだけでは満足せず、布施のための資金を稼ぐため身分を隠してウッタラマドゥラーで働いた人物

A king of India who ruled in Pāṭaliputta. He fed one thousand monks daily; but, not satisfied with that, he went to Uttaramadhurā, where he laboured in disguise, giving alms with the wages so earned. Cv.xcii.23 ff.

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