Vaḍḍhamāna3
PlaceГород в Махагаме, где будущий царь Дуттхагамани вскоре после рождения был назначен главой, а также место действия истории о том, как охотник по ошибке подал милостыню порочному монаху.
A city (nagara) in Mahāgāma, over which Gāmaṇi-Abhaya (afterwards Duṭṭhagāmaṇī) was appointed chief soon after his birth (MT. 443).
A story is related (AA.ii.522) of a hunter of Vaḍḍhamāna who, in the name of his dead kinsman, gave alms to a wicked monk. Three times he did this, until the spirit of the hungry ghost (peta) cried out against it. He then gave alms to a good monk. The ghost benefited by his gift.
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