Vaḍḍhamāna3
Place摩訶伽摩境內的一座城市，未來的杜特伽摩尼王甫出生便被封為此地之主，也是一則獵人誤將佈施奉予惡比丘的故事發生地。
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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