MithilAyAM tu daghdhAyAm

[Allen W Thrasher]

Many thanks to Ashok, Herman, and Stefan for their illuminating responses.

I had always thought that there was an ancient story of some specific king of Mithila walking away from his burning city, but apparently not, Mithila was just taken as the greatest and richest city.


Allen


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