Anathapindika
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Anathapindika, born Sudatta, was a wealthy merchant, banker, and philanthropist, believed to have been the wealthiest merchant in Savatthi in the time of Gautama Buddha. He is considered to have been
Anathapindika covers Jetavana with coins (Bharhut, Brahmi text: jetavana ananthapindiko deti kotisanthatena keta
Anathapindika's great act of charity
Anathapindika Stupa or Sudatta Stupa in Sravasti (Savatthi)
Subhūti
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Subhūti was one of the ten principal disciples of the Buddha. In Theravada Buddhism, he is considered the disciple who was foremost in being "worthy of gifts" and "living remote and in peace". In Maha
Anathapindika
…the other being Migāramātupāsāda. Anathapindika was born into a wealthy merchant family in Savatthi with the birth name Sudatta, and was a relative of Subhūti, one of the Buddha's principal disciples. He became widely known by the nickname Anathapindika, literally "one who gives alms (piṇḍa) to the unprotected…
A Tibetan illustration of Subhūti, where he is known as Rabjor.
Elder Subhūti addresses the Buddha, in the earliest dated printed book (Diamond Sūtra).