Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s1.16
Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c14.s1.16
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A: Anādhapedika: The subject is the well-known Buddhist legend of the merchant Anāthapiṇḍika who purchased the Jetavana park in Śrāvastī by covering it with a layer of coins and presented it to the Buddhist *saṃgha*. A: "after buying": *ketā* < **krayitvā* = Skt. *krītvā*.