Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.111
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.111
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v2.c31.111
²² SA. i. 269; but it is curious that in Vedic, Brāhmaṇa and Sūtra periods, Magadha was considered as outside the pale of Ariyan and Brahmanical culture, and was therefore looked down upon by Brahmanical writers. But it was the holy land of the Buddhists. See VT. ii. 207; Thomas: *op. cit.*, 13, 96.