Tribes in Ancient India c50.238

c50.238

A certain merchant of Rājagṛha built a vihāra for the bhikkhus.² The *Vinaya Piṭaka*³ tells us a story of a trader who had made preparations to go on a journey from Rājagṛha to Paṭiyāloka, when a bhikkhu on his begging tour came to the trader's house for alms. The trader exhausted the food which he had collected for the journey, by giving it to several bhikkhus. Not being able to start his journey when he had intended, he set out late and was killed by robbers on the way.