Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.287
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.287
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The people of Aṅga and Magadha are generally mentioned together, so we may gather that by the Buddha’s time they had become one people. They provide Uruvela-Kassapa with offerings for his great sacrifice.¹¹ It was their custom to offer an annual sacrifice to Mahā-Brahmā in the hope of gaining reward a hundred thousand fold. On one occasion Sakka appears in person and goes with them to the Buddha so that they may not waste their energies in futile sacrifices.¹²