Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.123

c6.123

Badarikārāma.—The Kosam Inscription of the region of Mahārāja Vaiśravana refers to this locality situated in the vicinity of Kauśāmbī (E.I., XXIV, Pt. IV, p. 147). It was a Buddhist retreat where the Master once dwelt. Here the elder Rāhula set his heart on the observance of the rules of monkhood (Jāt., I, 160; III, 64). An elder named Khemaka while dwelling here fell very ill. At this time many elders staying at the Ghositārāma sent one of them named Dāsaka to him, enquiring how he managed to bear pains (Saṃyutta, III, 126ff.).