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CHAPTER XXVIII
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100)." It is called New Rajagriha to distinguish it from Kusagarapura, a few miles from it, the old residence of the kings.

Eitel says it was built by Bimbisara, while Fa-Hsien ascribes it to Ajatasatru.

I suppose the son finished what the father had begun.
(8) One of the five first followers of Sakyamuni.

He is also called Asvajit; in Pali Assaji; but Asvajit seems to be a military title= "Master or trainer of horses." The two more famous disciples met him, not to lead him, but to be directed by him, to Buddha.

See Sacred Books of the East, vol.xiii, Vinaya Texts, pp.


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