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craftsman, a worker in gold. Dasanna was apparently a centre of the art of sword-making. It is mentioned in the Mahāvastu 2 as one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas. We also read in the Mahāvastu that the Buddha distributed knowledge among the Daśārņas who built a vihāra for him.
1 Jātaka (Fausböll), III, 338: 'Dasannakam tikhinadhāram asim'. 2 1, 34. (Senart's edition). 3 Law: A Study of the Mahāvastu, p. 9.
