Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c3.s3.t1.64
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c3.s3.t1.64
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c3.s3.t1.64
"There is king Nimi, wise and good, the better part who chose,
King of Videha, gave great gifts, that Conqueror of his foes;
And as these bounteous gifts he gave, behold this doubt arose
'Which is more useful—holy life or giving alms? who knows?'"¹