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A minister of Magadha, who, with Vassakāra, was in charge
of the fortifications of Pātaligāma, built in order to repel the
Vajjīs. These
two are always mentioned together.
They invited the Buddha to a meal, and, after his
departure, named the gate by which he had left the city Gotamadvāra, and the
ford by which he crossed the Ganges, Gotamatittha. Vin.i.228f; D.ii.86f.;
Ud.viii.6.

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