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They referred the matter to the Justice who ruled,
"Since a price has been quoted, it has been acquired".
Anāthapin dika ordered to be brought cart-loads of gold coins which were to be used to cover the entire garden (in fact, this was the price he had agreed to give for Jetavana). In this manner, one vault containing 18 cores was exhausted(16). There was only a small place near the entrance which remained uncovered. Anāthapindika ordered more coins to be brought to cover this vacant spot. All of a sudden, the Prince thought,
"This fellow appears to be layish in spending so much gold on this project . Surely there must be something especially important in this, Why do I not join with him"?
So he said to Anāthapiņdika,
"Grhapati ! Leave this portion uncovered. You needn't pay for this. Let this be my contribution to your project".
Anāthapindika had a different thought in his mind: Prince Jeta is a respectful person. It's good that he feels attracted to my project.
So he left the portion uncovered, and the prince constructed a big hall on it. Anāthapindika constructed a 'vihāra at Jetavana which had a reading room for the monks, residential rooms, assembly halls, rooms for boiling water, stores, latrines, urinals, cankramana altar, caňkramana rooms, propa, p rapa,rooms, bathrooms, tanks, mandapas, etc. (17). Thus he spent 8 crores in building a vihara which stood on a plot 8 kroşas in area(18).
Wandering through Vaisāli and many other places in his cãrikā mission, Bhagavān Buddha came to Srāvasti. He stayed at the newly constructed vihāra at Jetavana. Anathapindika felt immensely obliged. He bowed before the Buddha and sat on one side. He invited the entire group of monks to dinner on the following day. The Buddha communicated his assent through silence. From early in the mor
