Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.953
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.953
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1. Karaṇḍaka.—A hermitage (*assamapada*) near the Himālaya. The Bodhisatta, when born as an elephant as related in the Mātiposaka Jātaka (q.v.), returned to Karaṇḍaka after the death of his mother. The hermitage was the residence of five hundred ascetics, and the king, out of regard for the Bodhisatta, looked after them.¹