Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.110
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.110
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v2.c31.110
The people of Aṅga and Magadha were in the habit of holding a great annual sacrifice to Māha Brahmā in which a fire was kindled with sixty cartloads of firewood. They held the view that anything cast into the sacrificial fire would bring a thousandfold reward.²² Magadha was famous for a special kind of garlic²³ and the Magadha *nāla* was a standard of measure.²⁴