Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c37.109
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c37.109
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v2.c37.109
Hatthipāla preached to them and they all became ascetics. His company covered an area of thirty leagues, and with it he went to the Himālaya, where Vissakamma, acting under Sakka’s orders, built for them a hermitage extending over thirty-six leagues, on the banks of the Ganges. Soon after, other kings who, with their followers, had gone, one after another, to take Benares, realizing their folly, joined Hatthipāla and became ascetics.