Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (early history)
by Prakash Narayan | 2011 | 63,517 words
This study deals with the history of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh (Northern India) taking into account the history and philosophy of Buddhism. Since the sixth century B.C. many developments took place in these regions, in terms of society, economic life, religion and arts and crafts....
Gahapati and Gamanis
No actual case of conversation exists between a gamani and a gahapati. Nevertheless, the gamani Asibandhakaputta shows his acquaintance with the doings of a gahapati who was a peasant (kassaka). Asibandhakaputta refers to him as gahapati.[1]
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[1]:
Samyutta Nikaya.IV.315.