Tribes in Ancient India c50.195

c50.195

The Theragāthā records the influence of the Buddha’s teachings. For instance, once the Buddha gave instruction to Visākha, the son of a rājā in Magadha, and as a result Visākha renounced the world.¹¹ The Divyāvadāna ¹² gives an account of a journey from Śrāvastī to Rājagṛha, which was undertaken by the Buddha and his monks. In the course of this journey, the Buddha six times saved some merchants of Śrāvastī from being robbed. Velaṭṭha Kaccāna was another trader who, on his way to Rājagṛha from Andhakavindha, met the Buddha and his pupils, and offered each bhikkhu a pot of molasses.¹