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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.297

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.297

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### [v1.c23.297](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.297)

\*\*Dasārahā.\*\*—A group of Khattiyas, owners of the Ānaka-drum (q.v.).¹ Buddhaghosa says² they were so called because they took one tenth of the corn (sassato dasabhāgaṃ gaṇhiṃsu, tasmā Dasārahā ti paññāyiṃsu). In the Kakkaṭa Jātaka³ they are referred to as the "dasabhātikarājāno."

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