Pāvārika2
PersonA millionaire of Kosambī, friend of Ghosita and Kukkuṭa, who together with them invited the Buddha to Kosambī and built one of three monasteries to house him and his monks, his own situated in his mango grove.
A millionaire (seṭṭhi) of Kosambī, friend of Ghosita and Kukkuṭa. When these three went to Sāvatthi to invite the Buddha to Kosambī, they erected three monasteries to accommodate the Buddha and his monks. The one built by Pāvārika was in his Mango grove (ambavana) and, is referred to as Pāvārikārāma and Pāvārikambavana. DA.i.319; AA.i.234 f; MA.i.541; DhA.i.203 ff.
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