…student of Anuruddha. On one occasion when the Buddha asks Mahā Kassapa to preach to the monks, the latter reports that it is…

…of an old monk, the Elder Dhanuggahatissa; Ajātasattu was taken captive with his army. On giving an undertaking not to resort to violence again,…

Ambalaṭṭhikā¹

A royal park on the road between Rājagaha and Nāḷandā. It contained a royal rest-house in which the Buddha and members of the Order used to stay in the course of their journ …

…to old age and death.

The Saṃyutta also records a conversation that took place between Anuruddha and Sāriputta during a stay in Ambapālivana….

…Vajirā. Snp5

Once when Anuruddha was staying there he became seriously sick. SN.v.302 It was here that the Buddha preached to Rāhula the…

An eminent wandering ascetic. He is mentioned as living in the Paribbājakārāma in the Moranivāpa in Veḷuvana near Rājagaha. He was probably one of the company who was with Sakuludāyi when the Buddha c …

…Upāli. Vin.ii.180f.

From Anupiya the Buddha went to Kosambi. Vin.ii.184 Near Anupiya was the park where the paribbājaka of the Bhaggavagotta…

…monks are present, it is to Anuruddha that the Buddha directly addresses his questions, and it is Anuruddha who answers on behalf of them all. See…

…and went away. Thereupon Anurādha sought advice from the Buddha, who asked him “How, inasmuch as it cannot be said of a Tathāgata even in…

A monk whose verses are recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.213–214

…the latter is said in some manuscripts to have taken place in Kosambī. SN.iv.179f. In both these references the city is said to be on the…

…Thag.919 states that Anuruddha died at Veluvagāma in the Vajjī country. This probably refers to Beluvagāma, in which case Veluva is a…

…and entered the Order in the Anupiya Mango grove with Anuruddha and the others, soon afterwards attaining to arahantship. Dwelling in the bliss of…

…lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.

He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in the…

…entering into his stomach, MN.i.332 and it was there that he preached the Anumāna Sutta. MN.i.95

between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.2region

…the world with his clansmen Anuruddha and Kimbila, he dwelt in the village of Bākalona. One day, having left his cell in order to drive away his…

…Abhiñjaka, colleague of Anuruddha. The Buddha sent for the disputants and rebuked them for their contentiousness. They confessed their fault…

…he saw, with his divine eye, Anuruddha dwelling in the Pācīnavaṃsadāya in the Ceti country, and appeared before him to encourage him in his…

…cetiya in Latthivanuyyāna, whither Bimbisāra, accompanied by twelve nahutas of householders, went to pay to him his respects. The…

…monk, fellow dweller of Anuruddha at the Ghositārāma. He seems to have taken a prominent part in the disputes of the Kosambī monks, helping…

A great brahmin, contemporary of the Buddha, reputed for his great learning and highly esteemed in brahmin gatherings—e.g., at Icchānaṅgala Snp.p.115 and at Manasākaṭa. DN.i.235

He is mentioned toget …

…in the Ceti country, Anuruddha became an arahant after a visit which the Buddha paid to him.AN.iv.228 Vin.i.300f. The Janavasabha Sutta…

…Bhagu, Kimbila, Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, and their barber, Upāli, and he sought the Buddha at Anupiya and entered the Order. Vin.ii.182 During the…

A Koliyan, inhabitant of Kakkarapatta. There he visited the Buddha and asked for a teaching which would bring happiness both in this world and the next. The Buddha explained to him the four conditions …

…AN.iii.383 Mahā Kassapa, Anuruddha, Puṇṇa Mantāniputta, Upāli and Devadatta, SN.ii.155 Cunda, and Channa. SN.iv.55

Channa fell ill there,…

…near Nādikā. Once, when Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there, they were visited by the Buddha, who came from Giñjakāvasatha. The…

IccānaṅgalaIcchānaṅkala

A brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket there that the Buddha preached the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87 From this sutta, the village w …

…a former wife of Anuruddha. Once seeing him old and feeble, she appeared before him in Kosala and bade him aspire to rebirth among the…

A great brahmin, ranking with eminent brahmins such as Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkharasāti and Todeyya. Snp.p.115 He is mentioned as staying in Icchānaṅgala, MN.ii.196 where he evidently took part in the pe …

A township of the Koliyans. It was while the Buddha was staying there that the Koliyan Dīghajāṇu came to see him. AN.iv.281

27.51557,83.773493town

…between these two and Anuruddha, is given in the Kantakī Sutta. SN.v.298f. The Buddha also stayed in this grove, and a sermon preached by…

A brahmin village of Māgadha, presented to Kūṭadanta by Bimbisāra. The Buddha once stayed there at the Ambalaṭṭhikā pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

Māgadha3town

…four other Sākyan nobles at Anupiya. Vin.ii.182 Kimbila seems to have maintained throughout his early friendship with Anuruddha, dwelling with him…

…conversation with him. Kokanuda asks Ānanda a series of questions, such as whether the world is eternal, whether the Tathāgata lives after…

…a land route passing through Anupiya and Kosambī to Rājagaha. Vin.ii.184f. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.1010–1013 the whole route is given from…

One of the republican clans in the time of the Buddha. The Koḷiyā owned two chief settlements—one at Rāmagāma and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a sp …

…Buddha preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta, and was therefore probably a friend of Anuruddha and the other Sākyan nobles present on that occasion….

A very learned brahmin of Khāṇumata, which village had been given to him by King Bimbisāra as a brahmadeyya. The Buddha arrived at Khāṇumata when Kūṭadanta was making preparations for a great sacrific …

…Panditakumāra;. AN.i.220 Anuruddha, who lived there in a forest hut; SN.iii.116 SN.iv.380 Nāgita, the Buddha’s former attendant, and…

…grove to the southwest of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during…

…Mahākappina, Mahācunda, Anuruddha, Revata, Upāli, Ānanda and Rāhula; these all went there while travelling in the Kāsi kingdom.

The books…

…Moggallāna, Kappina, and Anuruddha for his great iddhi-powers. SN.i.114

The Buddha regarded him as equal to himself in exhorting the monks…

…Among discussions between Anuruddha and Moggallāna is recorded one in which Anuruddha speaks of the value of cultivating the four…

…he was elder brother of Anuruddha and cousin of the Buddha. When the Sākiyan families of Kapilavatthu sent their representatives to join the…

…country, besides Pāvā and Kusinārā, are mentioned where the Buddha stayed—e.g., Bhoganagara, Anupiya and Uruvelakappa, near which was the…

An eminent upāsikā mentioned in a list. AN.iv.347

…entertainment was lost on Anuruddha, they left him. Anuruddha told the Buddha of their visit, and the Buddha explained to him the eight…

…of Ajātasattu and son of Anuruddha. It is probably this same king who is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā…

One of the four chief kingdoms of India at the time of the Buddha, the others being Kosala, the kingdom of the Vaṃsas and Avanti. Māgadha formed one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas and had its capital at …

…world at the same time as Anuruddha, Kimbila and the others, and he soon attained arahantship. Thereafter he dwelt with his companions in the…

…Sutta. MN.ii.23ff.

The Anuruddha Sutta MN.iii.144ff. contains a discussion between Anuruddha and Abhiya Kaccāna, which took place at…

A wanderer. Jāṇussoṇi once met him returning from Jetavana, where he had gone early to wait on the Buddha. Pilotika, on being questioned, spoke very highly of the Buddha. It is this conversation which …

…to Jetavana where Anuruddha was reciting some verses. The sound pleased her and she stood “smitten to the marrow, like a post,”…

…go any farther. AN.iv.163

Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there during the time of the quarrel of the monks at Kosambī, and the…

A naked ascetic of Vesāli who went about claiming to have greater mystic powers than the Buddha, and thereby much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi gene …

A city of the Mallas which the Buddha visited during his last journey, going there from Bhogagāma and stopping at Cunda’s mango grove.

Cunda lived in Pāvā and invited the Buddha to a meal, which prov …

…eminent disciples—e.g., Anuruddha, Nandiya, Kimbila, Kuṇḍadhāna and Ānanda—at the preaching of the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 The…

…with Bhuñjatī waiting on him. Sakka therefore left a message with her.DN.ii.270 Anuruddha is also mentioned as having stayed there….

Subha¹

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

Subha²TodeyyaputtaBhāradvāja

A young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The interview is …

…Anotatta. He is said to be Anuruddha’s novice. Thag.429–434

He may be the same Sumana who represented the monks from Pāveyyakā at the…

Suppatiṭṭha CetiyaSupatiṭṭhacetiya

A shrine near the Latthivanuyyāna in Rājagaha. Vin.i.35

near the Latthivanuyyāna3shrine

…visits there he preached the Anumāna Sutta MN.i.95f. and the Bodhirāja Sutta. MN.ii.91f. The city was the residence of Nakulapitā and his…

A stream at Sāvatthī. Anuruddha is mentioned as having stayed near by. SN.v.297

Sāvatthī3river

…Sāriputta, Moggallāna and Anuruddha staying together in Sāketa. Bhaddākāpilāni Vin.iv.292 also stayed there, so did Ānanda. Once when…

…… Pasenadi-Kosalassa anuyuttā bhavanti, karonti Sakyā rañño Pasenadimhi Kosale nipaccakāram abhivādanam paccupatthānam añjalikammam…

His mother took him to the monks for ordination, thinking thus to ensure for him supreme happiness. Sānu lost his intellectual discernment and grew distraught and longed to go roaming. His former Yakk …

…Nikāya AN.v.196f. records a discussion between Ānanda and the wanderer Kokanuda on the banks of the Tapodā, where they had gone to…

TindukkhānuTindukkhānuparibbājakārāma

A dwelling of wanderers near Vesāli. It was the residence of Pāthikaputta. DN.iii.17

near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery

…the Sākiyan princes. When Anuruddha and his cousins left the world and sought ordination from the Buddha at Anupiya Grove, Upāli accompanied…

…he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The day after his arrival, he accepted the king’s invitation to a meal at the palace, at the end…

A class of devas living in the Formless Realms. Their life lasts for forty thousand great aeons. MN.iii.103

…progressive order, between manussā and gandhabbā. They are of many different kinds: spirits, ogres, dryads, ghosts, spooks. In the early…

A class of devas born in the Ākiñcāyatana, the third Arūpa world. MN.iii.103 Their life term is sixty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

A class of devas born in the Realm of Infinite Space. MN.iii.103 They belong to the Formless world and their life term is twenty thousand kappas. AN.i.267

…princes, such as Bhaddiya, Anuruddha, Bhagu, Kimbila and Devadatta, and was ordained by the Buddha himself, Vin.ii.182 his upajjhāya being…