Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.316
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.316
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2. Kaṭṭhavāhana.—King of Benares. He was the Bodhisatta, son of Brahmadatta, king of Benares, and of a faggot-gatherer, whom the king met in a grove, singing as she picked up the sticks. His story is related in the Kaṭṭhahāri Jātaka.¹