Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.335

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c8.335

Mithilā was hallowed by the dust of the feet of Vardhamāna Mahāvīra, the founder of Jainism, and Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. King Makhādeva of Mithilā seeing a grey hair plucked from his head, realized the impermanence of worldly things. He afterwards became a recluse and developed very high spiritual insight (Jātaka, I, 137-38). Sādhina, a righteous king of Mithilā, kept the five precepts and observed the fast-day vows (Jātaka, Vol. IV, 355ff.).

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Jātakatthavaṇṇanā — Pāli