Bhaddavatiya untranslated

Bhaddavatiya. Father of Sāmāvatī; he was a seṭṭhi of Bhaddavatī. He formed a close friendship with Ghosita seṭṭhi of Kosambī, through the medium of traders and, when Bhaddavatī was attacked by plague, he left with his wife and daughter to visit Ghosita seṭṭhi. But he died of starvation outside the city before he could reach him. Dhp­a.i.187f.