Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.336

c8.336

In the history of the Indian hermits the kingdom of Videha played an important part (Majjhima, II, 74ff.). The Buddha stayed at Mithilā and preached there the Makhādeva and Brahmāyusuttas (Majjhima, II, 74 133). A female elder named Vāsiṭṭhī first met the Buddha at Mithilā and entered the order after listening to his religious instructions (Theratherigāthā, P.T.S., 136-37). The Buddha Koṇāgamana also preached at Mithilā and the Buddha Padumuttara preached his sermons to his cousins in the park of Mithilā (Buddhavamsa Commentary, Sinhalese ed., p. 159).