alleryAccording to the Dipavamsa, which young monk did Ashoka see begging in Pataliputra?
ANigrodha
BMahinda
CSamudra
DUpagupta
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Nigrodha
1. The Dipavamsa describes Ashoka's first contact with Buddhism.
2. He saw a young monk called Nigrodha, his nephew.
3. Samudra appears in the Divyavadana story and Mahinda was his son.
_Source: Wikipedia, Ashoka, First contact with Buddhism_
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