Evidently the name for a resident of the Bhoja country.

In the Samyutta Nikāya (S.i.6f) the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.

The Jātakas (J.i.45; J.v.163) mention sixteen Bhojaputtā.

Bhoja is modern Berar. Law: Geog. 62.


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