Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order c8.s1.t2.33

c8.s1.t2.33

Prominent among the “adherents” stand the two royal friends of Buddha, Bimbisâra, the ruler of Magadha, and Pasenadi, the ruler of Kosala, both approximately the same age as Buddha, and throughout their lives true protectors of his Church. Then comes Jîvaka, the renowned physician-in-ordinary to Bimbisâra,[*] who was appointed by the king to undertake medical attendance, not on him and his women only, but also on Buddha and Buddha’s order; next, the merchant Anâthapindika, who had presented to the order the garden of Jetavana, Buddha’s favourite place of resort. In all important