20c: The Wealthy Man Anāthapiṇḍika – 674
monastery, then measuring one league, by paying with golden bricks
placed edge to edge on it. Constructing a huge monastery on it, he
donated it to the Saṅgha.
2. During the time of Buddha Sikhī, a wealthy man, Sirivaḍḍha, bought a
piece of land at the same site by paying, according to the Birth Stories
(
Jātaka
) commentary, with the golden teeth of ploughs placed tip to tip;
or with golden staffs placed end to end according to the Vinaya
commentary, and donated it, measuring three miles, after constructing
monasteries on it, to the Saṅgha.
3. During the time of Buddha Vessabhū, a wealthy man, Sotthika, bought
a piece of land at the same site by paying with golden blocks moulded
into the shape of elephant legs according to the Birth Stories (
Jātaka
)
commentary; or the golden teeth of ploughs according to the Vinaya
commentary, placed end to end and donated it together with all the
buildings on it, to the Saṅgha. The plot measured half a league or two
miles.
4. During the time of Buddha Kakusandha, a wealthy man, Accuta, bought
a piece of land in the same site, then measuring one mile, by paying
with gold bricks according to the Birth Stories (
Jātaka
) commentary; or
gold blocks made into the shape of elephant legs according to the
Vinaya commentary, placed end to end all over the land and donated it
to the Saṅgha together with all the buildings on it.
5. During the time of Buddha Koṇāgamuna, a wealthy man, Ugga, bought
a piece of land in the same site by paying with golden tortoises
according to the Birth Stories (
Jātaka
) commentary; or golden bricks
according to the Vinaya commentary, placed end to end on the land
measuring half a mile and donated it together with all the buildings
constructed on it, to the Saṅgha.
6. During the time of Buddha Kassapa, a wealthy man, Sumaṅgala, bought
a piece of land in the same site by paying with gold blocks according to
the Birth Stories (
Jātaka
) commentary; or golden tortoises according to
the Vinaya commentary, placed edge to edge all over the land, then
measuring two units of land measure, and donated it together with the
monasteries constructed on it, to the Saṅgha.