Lonely and lonely - Gikkodoku

Japanese: 給孤独 - ぎっこどく
Lonely and lonely - Gikkodoku

…King Prasenajit was also known as a Buddhist, and Buddha often visited and stayed in the capital, Sravasti. It was in this city that the Jetavana Vihara, donated by the great merchant Anāthapindika, was built. The Shakya clan, from which Buddha emerged, was a vassal state of the Kosala Kingdom, but was completely destroyed by King Bidudabha in the later years of Buddha's life. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kyukodoku" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…プラセーナジット王は仏教信者としても知られ,ブッダはしばしば都のシュラーバスティーを訪れ,滞在した。大商人アナータピンディカAnāthapiṇḍika(給孤独(ぎつこどく))の寄進した祇園精舎(ぎおんしようじや)が建てられたのも,この都である。ブッダの出たシャーキャ(釈迦)族は,コーサラ国の属国であったが,ブッダの晩年にビドゥーダバ王によって完全に滅ぼされた。…

※「給孤独」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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