A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature, so far as it illustrates the Primitive Religion of the Brahmans c8.s3.114

c8.s3.114

“In his quest of disputation, repairing to Pupphapura, the capital of the monarch Dhana-nando, (who, abandoning his passion for hoarding, becoming imbued with the desire of giving alms, relinquishing also his miserly habits, and delighting in hearing the fruits that resulted from benevolence, had built a hall of alms-offering in the midst of his palace, and was making an offering to the chief of the Brahmans worth a hundred kotis, and to the most junior Brahman an offering worth a lac,) this Brahman (Chânakko) entered the said apartment, and taking possession of the seat of the chief Brahman, sat himself down in that alms hall.