# Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute

Date: 470

## The fact

Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute Do not store Ajatasattu's later parricide as the [Buddha](/people/gautama-buddha)'s act. Gautama Buddha's documented role is: Received king-patron. He did not hold Magadha. Sharing the court is required.

## Context

Rajagaha as received. Sharing unnamed courtiers is required. The setting of Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute is the public file around -0470-06-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [institutional-corruption](/drivers/institutional-corruption) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — Bimbisara at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Britannica — Buddha at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Britannica — Bimbisara (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Britannica — Buddha (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Britannica — Bimbisara (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute on -0470-06-01. Royal patronage of a mendicant order is a patronage path of medium confidence. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not store Ajatasattu's later parricide as the Buddha's act. Mixed effects of Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute are separate paths.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute under -0470-06-01 for Gautama Buddha. Established: a sourced public record of Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute under -0470-06-01.

Shared responsibility is part of Bimbisara of Magadha is a received royal patron of the early sangha; patronage is his purse, not a unique welfare statute. Naming Gautama Buddha does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from -0470-06-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

The attached driver is institutional-corruption. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## People

- Gautama Buddha: https://factrail.ai/people/gautama-buddha

## Drivers

- Institutional Corruption: https://factrail.ai/drivers/institutional-corruption

## Sources

- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Buddha-founder-of-Buddhism

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/bud-bimbisara