श्रावस्त — {śrāvasta} m. (prob. connected with √1. {śru}) N. of a king (son of Śrāva and grandson of Yuvanāśva)##({ī}), f. N. of a city situated north of the Ganges and founded by king Śrāvasta (it was the ancient capital of Kosala and said to have been the place where the wealthy merchant Anātha-piṇḍika built the Buddha a residence in the Jeta-vana monastery which became his favourite retreat during the rainy seasons: other authorities derive the name from a Ṛishi called Sāvattha, who is said to have resided there##it has been identified by General Cunningham with a place now called SāhetMāhet, about 58 miles north of Ayodhyā in Oudh) (cf. 48 ; 407 &c.)
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