Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jataka Stories c5.306
Pre-Buddhist India: A Political, Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey of Ancient India Based Mainly on the Jātaka Stories c5.306
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Vaddhaki is a word which is used in these stories both for a wood-worker and a stone-worker. It should, therefore, mean a builder, either in wood or stone. Similarly, the pāsāṇakottaka or the stone-cutter,¹⁰ the iṭṭhakavaddhaki or the worker in bricks¹¹ and the gahapati-sippakāra or the clod-hopper¹² probably refer to one and the same worker, namely the mason.