Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.925
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.925
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was informed of the prophecy concerning Gotama. There is another version of the Mtu. (ii. 117-20) which says that Gotama went straight to Vaiśālī after leaving home, joining Āḷāra, and later visited Uddaka at Rājagaha. Here no mention is made of Bimbisāra. We are told in the Mhv. (ii. 25 ff.) that Bimbisāra and Gotama (Siddhattha) had been playmates, Bimbisāra being the younger by five years. Bimbisāra’s father (Bhāti) and Suddhodana were friends.