…and afterwards attained arahantship. Thag.26 The Abhayarājakumāra Sutta MN.i.392ff. contains the dilemma episode. It also mentions…

…Citta tells him of his own attainments and Kassapa expresses a desire to enter the Order. He is duly ordained, and shortly afterwards becomes an…

…to bathe. Vin.iv.161 The Sattarasa-vaggiya monks frequented the river for water-sports. Vin.iv.111–112

Once the Buddha was told that the…

…by a messenger. Thig.25–26 Vin.ii.277 Later she attained arahantship.

A brahmin of Khemavatī, father of the Buddha Kakusandha. His wife was named Visākhā. DN.ii.7

…becomes a convert, enters the Order, and, in due course, attains arahantship. SN.i.166f.

…in his favour. But Devadatta was not satisfied till Bimbisāra, who was one of the Buddha’s foremost supporters, was killed.

Ajātasattu…

…the place wer.

• Isidatta of Avanti (who answered Citta’s questions regarding the reason for the existence of various views in the world)….

An epithet of the Buddha. When Upaka, the ājīvika, saw the Buddha, and heard of his attainments, Anantajina was one of the names he used in uttering the Buddha’s praises.

…are impermanent, etc.; a brahmin is one who has no part in or attachment to anything any more. AN.ii.176–177

…meditating on his sermon, attained the Third Fruit of the Path. Later she entered the Order, and on the seventh day thereafter became an arahant….

A semi-mythical lake, said to be in the Himalayas. Thag.430

Himalaya5lake

…Bhagu, Kimbila, Devadatta and their barber, Upāli. Vin.ii.180f.

From Anupiya the Buddha went to Kosambi. Vin.ii.184 Near Anupiya was the…

…those who had obtained this attainment. AN.i.23

He then received from Sāriputta, as topic of meditation, the eight thoughts of a great man….

…personal name was Sudatta, but he was always called Anāthapiṇḍika (feeder of the destitute) because of his munificence; he was,…

The Bodhisatta, born as a brahmin teacher. In the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.136–138 we are told that among Araka’s pupils those who followed his…

Inhabitants of the fifth of the nine abodes of beings (sattāvāsā). These beings are unconscious and experience nothing. AN.iv.401 As soon as an idea occurs to them they fall from their state. DN.i.28

…followers, so that they may attain development.

It is recorded SN.iv.322ff. that once, when Nāḷandā was stricken with famine, Asibandhaka…

One of the tortures of purgatory. In the distance the grove appears as a mango grove, and when the inhabitants of purgatory enter, wishing to eat the mangoes, leaves which are sharp like swords fall o …

…at the preaching of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.14

He was responsible for the conversion of Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Sāriputta, in the…

…the time of King Reṇu, the Assaka king of Potana was Brahmadatta. DN.ii.236

19.2904, 76.486811janapada

…Abhayarājakumāra

• Isidatta and Isidāsī

Mahā Kaccāna seems to have spent a good deal of his time in Avanti, dwelling in the city of…

…DN.iii.237 DN.iii.237 Anāgāmīs are born in Avihā and there attain arahantship. The Buddha once visited Avihā. DN.ii.50–51

…days later when the Anattalakhana Sutta was preached he became arahant. Vin.i.13–14 He was the first to be ordained with the formula…

…Sāvatthī for alms, he was attacked by the mob, but on the admonition of the Buddha, endured their wrath as penance for his former misdeeds.

He…

…by the brahmins for the attainment of merit and the achievement of what is right, MN.ii.199–200 though their followers behaved as if they…

…the others, soon afterwards attaining to arahantship. Dwelling in the bliss of Nibbāna, under a tree in a lonely spot, Bhaddiya used to exclaim…

…with, and also of her own attainments. Thig.63–66 The Buddha declared her foremost of the bhikkhunīs in recollecting past lives….

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of going forth out of faith and attaining the Dhamma. Thig.9

…to how a man could get over attachment and cross the flood. By grasping after nothing in the world, answered the Buddha, for Māra follows the man…

A clothed Wanderer who lived in a pleasance near Anupiya.

He was a friend of Sunakkhatta. The Buddha once visited him, and their conversation is recorded in the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

…country that Moggallāna was attacked by Māra entering into his stomach, MN.i.332 and it was there that he preached the Anumāna Sutta….

The name of two Pacceka Buddhas. MN.iii.69

…Vin.ii.154 With the attainment of sopātatti, the king declared that all the five ambitions of his life had been fulfilled: that he might…

…as “in the days before my Awakening, when I was only a Bodhisatta”. MN.i.17 MN.i.114 MN.i.163 DN.ii.13 MN.iii.119

…and his six friends, Brahmadatta was given the kingdom, of the Assakas, with Potama as his capital. DN.ii.235f.

Brahmadatta³

A monk…

…to believe that he had attained arahantship, but a devatā, reading his thoughts and wishing him well, pointed out to him his error and…

…however, is that of Brahmadatta, which seems to have been the dynastic name of the Benares kings. In the Mahāgovinda Sutta, the foundation of…

…Buddha preached the Bhaddekaratta Sutta in Tāvatiṃsā.MN.iii.199f. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.53 records a conversation between Candana and…

A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikāputta to the monks, is recorded in the Silāyūpa Sutta. AN.iv.402f.

…The defences of Rājagaha were strengthened to meet the threatened attack, but nothing further happened. MN.iii.7

…sermon, Caṇḍā renounced the world and soon afterwards attained arahantship. Thig.122–126

…explained that no blame was attached to Channa, for he was an arahant at the moment of death. MN.iii.263ff. SN.iv.55ff.

Channa³

A…

…of Citta, but Isidatta left when he found that his identity had been discovered. Mahānāma and Mahaka did likewise, after having…

A nun whose Therīgāthāspeak of how in her old age she went to Gijjhakūṭa and there, after meditation, she attained arahantship. Thig.27–28

…him that no blame at all attached to him and that he should feel no remorse, but should, on the contrary, rejoice, in that he had been able to…

The inhabitants of the lowest deva world. his world derives its name from the Four Great Kings (Cattāro Mahārājāno) who dwell there as guardians of the four quarters: Dhataraṭṭha of the East, Virūḷh …

…as a meditation. He attained Awakening and many psychic powers, especially the ability to create manifold replicas of himself.

It is said…

…as to how the Buddha knew of the unregenerate wickedness of Devadatta. AN.iii.402

near the Aciravatī3town

…about Rājagaha singing Devadatta’s praises. Vin.ii.189 Devadatta was later suspected of evil wishes. SN.ii.156 About eight years before the…

…verse says that one without attachment is bound upstream. Thig.12 In Rājagaha her former husband Visakha asked her a series of profound questions…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth and attaining the three knowledges. Thag.107

A brahmin lady, mother of Kassapa Buddha. Her husband was Brahmadatta. DN.ii.7

…speaks of the wise one who attains Nibbana. Thig.6

Dhīrā²Vīrā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of how the heroic one…

…inhabitant of Kakkarapatta. There he visited the Buddha and asked for a teaching which would bring happiness both in this world and the next….

…this kind; in order to avenge their death, but when the occasion arose he made peace with Brahmadatta. His father’s kingdom was restored to him,…

…the chaplain of Brahmadatta. Dīghāyu was sent away from the city lest harm should befall him, Later, Dīghīti’s place of refuge was…

…effort and, step by step, attained greater proficiency until, at last, he became an arahant. His followers imitated him in every step of his…

…Ud.i.9 DhA.i.72

When Devadatta managed to win over five hundred of the monks to his side, it was to Gayāsīsa that he retired with them, and…

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110

…was his faith.

The Bodhisatta, who at the time of Ghaṭīkāra was a young brahmin named Jotipāla, was the friend of Ghaṭīkāra but had no…

…wandering about, that Devadatta hurled at him a mighty stone to kill him, but only a splinter injured his foot. Vin.ii.193

Among those who…

The Theragāthā Thag.659–672 contains several stanzas attributed to him, which speak of remaining even among the challenges of life, and the importance of holding to wisdom and righteousness.

Probably the mother of Devadatta, who is sometimes called Godhiputta. Vin.ii.189

…The Buddha, however, declared that Godhika had attained Nibbāna.

HimavāHimācalaHimavantaHimālaya

The Himālaya mountains. In Himavā, are seven great lakes, each fifty leagues in length, breadth and depth—Anotattā, Kaṇṇamuṇḍā, Rathakāra, Chaddantā, Kuṇālā, Mandākinī …

A river, on the bank of which was the Upavattana Sālavana of the Mallas of Kusināra, where the Buddha died. DN.ii.137

Hirakinari1river

…of the Buddhavamsa Bu.xxviii.11, the Buddhas razor and needle were enshrined at Indapatta.

The modern Delhi stands on the site of…

…King of Kosala. Isidatta is always mentioned with Purāṇa.

Isidatta and Purāṇa were once at Sādhuka’ on some business. They heard…

…also a monk, named Isibhatta. Having spent the rainy season in Sāvatthī, they went to take up their abode in a certain village. The people…

She was the daughter of a good and wealthy merchant of Ujjenī. Having come of age, she was given in marriage to the son of a merchant in Sāketa.

For one month she lived with him as a devoted wife; th …

…sermon, the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Vin.i.10f.

Isipatana is mentioned by the Buddha as one of the four places of pilgrimage which his…

…for 55 year before going for refuge in the Buddha and attaining Awakening. Thag.283–286

A bhikkhunī mentioned in the Therīgāthā verses of Isidāsi, who describes Jinadattā as a learned and virtuous expert in the Vinaya. Thig.427

…Bodhisatta born as a brahmin of Vehaliṅga in the time of Kassapa Buddha. Ghaṭīkāra was his friend and invited Jotipāla…

JīvāJīvanti

Daughter of Ubbirī, whose tragic death spurred Ubbirī overcome her attachment. Thig.51

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

…Becoming aware of Devadatta’s plans for obtaining possession of the leadership of the Saṅgha, Kakudha reported the news to Moggallāna,…

…telling him that no blame attached to him for having provided the Buddha with the meal which was to be his last. DN.ii.129 DN.ii.134f.…

…excel themselves until they attained their goal. AN.iii.214ff.

During the time of Kassapa Buddha, the Bodhisatta was a brahmin youth named…

…who declared that no blame attached to him. Vin.i.312ff.

Kassapagotta²

A monk living in Pankadhā in the Kosala country. He heard…

…eminent disciples as Devadatta, Katamorakatissa, etc., were available. Vin.iv.66

On another occasion, wishing to ordain a nun who was going…

Kevaṭṭa KevaḍḍhaKevaddha

A householder of Nāḷandā. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Pāvārika-ambavana at Nāḷandā, Kevaṭṭa visited him. The interview is recorded in the Kevaṭṭa Sutta. DN.i.211ff.

…of the eighty-four thousand women who waited on the Bodhisatta when he was once a mighty king Mahāsudassana of…

…Brahma-world, where he attained to arahantship at the moment of his birth. He is mentioned with six others, all in like circumstances, by…

…Katamoraka Tissa and Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to cause a rift in the Saṅgha.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171…

A river in Avīci, flowing alongside the Asipattavana. MN.iii.185

5river

…reluctant to join in Devadatta’s plot against him, but later allowed himself to be persuaded on hearing the scheme explained.Vin.ii.196…

…and be born among the Kālakañjakas. The prophecy proved true, and Sunakkhatta learnt the truth from Korakkhatta’s corpse. DN.iii.6ff.

…and the other at Devadaha.

Attached probably to the Koliyan central authorities, was a special body of officials, presumably police, who wore a…

…his father was Yaññadatta, his mother was Uttarā, and the king at the time was Sobha, who dwelt in the capital of Sobhavatī. DN.ii.1

In…

…identified as the district around Thānesar, with its capital Indapatta, near the modern Delhi.

29.17, 78.021janapada

…and the “Kinti” Sutta. MN.ii.238f. A third Kusinārā Sutta he preached while staying at Upavattana. AN.ii.79 Ud.iv.2

The people of…

…a fearsome shape. DN.ii.259 They are the very lowest of the Asura groups, and the Buddha warns Sunakkhatta that Korakkhattiya will, after his death…

…and that there he would attain to nibbāna. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

Kāliṅga²

A country. It is one of the seven political…

…by name are Bharaṇḍu-Kālāma, who was once a co-disciple of the Bodhisatta, and Āḷāra-Kālāma, the teacher of Gotama before his…

…was evidently Brahmadatta, and references to kings of that name abound in the Jātakas. Among other kings of Kāsi mentioned is Kikī ….

…Nandaka, SN.v.389 Sunakkhatta, MN.ii.252 Bhaddiya, AN.ii.190f. Sāḷha and Abhaya, AN.ii.200 all attended by numerous retinues; their…

…by name: Cāpāla, Sattambaka, Bahuputta, Gotama, Sārandada and Udena. It is, however, apparent from the Buddhist books themselves that…

…the Lomasakaṅgiya Bhaddekaratta Sutta, MN.iii.199f. Candana visited Lomasakaṅgiya in the Nigrodhārāma in Kapilavatthu, and questioned him on…

…Isidatta, Mahaka, Kāmabhū and Godatta. The place may also have been a centre of the Nigaṇṭhas, for Nigaṇṭha…

…dwell in safety. When Devadatta, wishing to kill the Buddha, hurled a rock down Gijjhakūṭa, it was stopped midway by another rock, but a…

…him were Sonakutikanna, Isidatta, Avantiputta, Lohicca, Ārāmadaṇḍa, and Kandarāyana.

He often stayed in Avantī, where King…

…laziness, sought Kassapa and attained arahantship under his guidance.

When asked why he led such a life, he replied that it was not only for his…

…Snp.p.231ff. When Devadatta created a schism among the monks and took five hundred of them to Gayāsīsa, the Buddha sent Sāriputta and…

…her five hundred companions attained to the same after listening to the Nandakovāda Sutta. Later, at an assembly of monks and nuns in Jetavana,…

…consciousness. (saññāvivatta). AN.i.24

A set of verses uttered by him in the joy of attainment is included in the Theragāthā. Thag.510–517

The books contain a list of seven great lakes, situated in the Himālaya. They form the sources of the five great rivers and dry up only when four suns appear in the world. These seven lakes are Anotat …

The Bodhisatta born as king of Kusāvati. DN.ii.169ff.

…or for their rectitude. The attainment of any given condition or character does not depend either on one’s own acts, nor on the acts of another,…

…thereupon came to the Upavattana Sāla grove where the Buddha was, in order to pay him their last respects. Ānanda made them stand in groups…

A class of devas. Beings who die devoted to some idea are born in their world—e.g., a Nigaṇṭha who will take only warm water and would rather die than take it cold. MN.i.376

…in the world, and the Buddha’s answer, that it was through attachment. Snp.1006 Snp.1049–1060

MettajiMattaji

A monk whose Theragāthā verse extols the Buddha. Thag.94

A park near Indapatta, where Raṭṭhapāla Thera stayed. MN.ii.65

28.69299, 77.178953park

…going to the forest to live in solitude prior to his attainment of arahantship.

A woman follower of the Buddha. She was the daughter of Pūraṇa, chamberlain of Pasenadi, and niece of Isidatta. AN.iii.347 AN.v.137

…birth….

…untoward happenings, sudden attacks from without and also from one’s kamma—and to say that these are all predestined is to go too far. Sīvaka…

…before Mālunkyāputta’s attainment of arahantship, because in both the Buddha speaks disparagingly of him.

In the Mālunkyāputta Sutta in the…

…legend of Māra attacking the Buddha to prevent his Awakening had its origin in the Padhāna Sutta. Snp.494–517 There Māra is…

…that they had been the Bodhisatta’s parents for five hundred births and his near relations for many more. The Buddha preached to them and they…

…that they had been the Bodhisatta’s parents for five hundred births and his near relations for many more. The Buddha preached to them and they…

…and practiced sincerely, attaining arahantship. Ud.iii.2 His Theragāthā verses speak of his struggle with desire. Thag.157f.

Later, on…

…second, five hundred of them attained arahantship. MN.iii.270 AN.iv.358ff. From that time the Buddha declared him foremost among exhorters of the…

…to the Dark Lord not to attack a bhikkhu such as he. Thag.25

Nandiya²

A Sakyan layman. He visited the Buddha at the Nigrodhārāma…

…taught him the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Is this Lomasakaṅgiya the same as Lomavaṅgīsa, who is also mentioned SN.v.327 as having lived in…

…Nikāya contains another list: Gūtha, Kukkuḷa, Simbalivana, Asipattavana and Khārodakanadī.

40.25264,58.439415hell

…deva, noticing this, admonished him, and it is said that Nāgadatta paid heed to the warning. SN.i.200

…stalls at Rājagaha. Devadatta, after several vain attempts to kill the Buddha, obtained Ajātasattu’s consent to use Nālagiri as a means of…

NāḷandāNālaNālakaNālikaUpatissagāma

Mentioned as a brahmin village in Māgadha, not far from Rājagaha. SN.iv.251 AN.v.120 AN.v.121 SN.v.161

Also mentioned as a town near Rājagaha. The Buddha is menti …

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining happiness. Thag.63

A Brahmā who was present at the Mahāsamaya. DN.ii.260

A class of devas belonging to the Subha Devas. MN.iii.102 Beings are born among them after attaining the third jhāna.

His Theragāthā verses speak of his helping his relatives to practice generosity, so they attained a favorable rebirth. Thag.240–242

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…speak of her efforts to attain Awakening. Thig.112–116 She was declared by the Buddha to be the best among bhikkhunīs who knew the Vinaya….

…and comforted him. Phagguna died soon after, having attained arahantship.

…to minister to Pilinda, was attacked by robbers and two girls were kidnapped. Pilinda, by his iddhi power caused them to be brought back, and the…

…he failed to reach any attainment. Thereupon he praised the Buddha and begged of him to go on. The Buddha preached to him further, and he…

…He was the brother of Isidatta and the father of Migasālā. In his later years he lived the life of a celibate and was reborn in Tusita as a…

A tree in Tāvatiṃsā, which grew in the Nandanavana. The devas eagerly watch each stage of development of leaf and flower, and each stage is marked by great rejoicings. AN.iv.117f.

…much impressed Sunakkhatta. Pātikaputta had prophesied that, after death, the Licchavi general Ajita would be born in Mahā Niraya, but…

Pāvārikambavana¹

The mango grove of Pāvārika of Kosambī.

Kosambī3parkPāvārikambavana²

A mango grove at Nāḷandā where the Buddha stayed when on a visit there. DN.ii.81 It was t …

The name of a dyer; perhaps a class name. MN.i.385

…there, dwelling alone, he attained arahantship within a short time. Then, with the Buddha’s permission, he returned to Thullakoṭṭhita and…

…the Dhamma, which recital therefore came to be called Sattasatī. Vin.ii.299ff.

…it with his friends—Sattabhū, Brahmadatta, Vessabhū, Bharata, and the two Dhataratthas.

The seven divisions of the kingdom were called…

…mind was ripe for final attainment, went with him alone to Andhavana, and preached to him the Cūḷa Rāhulovāda Sutta. At the end of the…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of how, when he saw a woman’s rotting corpse in the cemtery, at first lust arose, then he mindfully overcame his defilements. Thag.315–319

…was contemplating an attack on the Vajjians, and sent his minister, Vassakāra, to the Buddha at Gijjhakūṭa, to find out what his chances…

A class of Devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…out as a human being, thus attaining to his celestial sovereignty. When the devas fight the Asuras they do so under the banner and orders of…

…After ordination she attained Awakening together with the divine eye. Thig.97–101

Sakulā²

Sister of Somā. They were both…

…him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. Samiddhi confessed ignorance, and the Deva asked him to learn it from the Buddha. This he did from a brief…

A monk whom Devadatta persuaded to join him in trying to bring about schism in the Order.Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 He was a favourite of Thullanandā….

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining a perception of the Buddha under a fig tree. Thag.217–218

…to commit suicide, when, inward vision suddenly expanding, he attained arahantship. Thag.405–410

The king of the Kālingas in the time of Reṇu. His purohita was Jotipāla, and his capital, Dantapura. DN.ii.236

SattambaSattambaka

A shrine near Vesāli. DN.ii.102 Ud.vi.1 SN.v.259 AN.iv.309 It was to the west of Vesāli. DN.iii.9

25.99693, 85.135113shrine

A cave in Rājagaha, on the slope of Mount Vebhāra. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he gave to Ānanda the opportunity of asking him to live for an eon, but Ānanda, because of his un-mindfulne …

A group of monks in the Buddha’s time, who seem to have incurred the enmity of the Chabbaggīyas. The latter turned them out of a vihāra as soon as they had prepared it, and were violent towards them …

…recluse or brahmin can ever attain to absolute knowledge and insight. Sañjaya is sent for by Pasenadi, but, on being questioned, says that…

…entered the Order with his pupils, and, at the end of a week, he attained arahantship. Snp.p.104ff. MN.ii.146f.

SigālakamātāSiṅgālakamātāSigālamātāSiṅgālamātā

She was declared chief of nuns who had attained release by faith. AN.i.25

…puṇḍarīka.

• The Bodhisatta was Arindama, king of Paribhutta.
• Abhibhū and Sambhava were his chief disciples among monks.
• Akhila and…

…on his feet. But he won no attainment and was filled with despair. The Buddha saw this and taught him that when he was a vīṇā player his…

…old age. Her Therīgāthā verses tell of her striving and attainment. AN.i.25 Thig.102–106

…striving for insight, she attained arahantship on the eighth day. Thig.338–361 The Buddha saw this and praised her in three verses….

…DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.

Sudatta²

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the value of earnestness….

…Sudassā, Sudassī and Akaniṭṭhā. DN.iii.237

There anāgāmīs are born, and there they attain arahantship.

The Buddha is mentioned as having…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of going forth after one rainy season, then attaining the Dhamma. Thag.24

…thus assured for herself the attainment of arahantship. DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.

Sujātā³

Youngest sister of Visākhā. She was the…

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

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

…hair by herself, and then attained the first jhāna. When her parents entered her room with Anikadatta, she converted them all, and obtained…

…win the admiration of Sunakkhatta was Pātikaputta, and Sunakkhatta wished the Buddha to pay honour to him. But the Buddha quoted to Sunakkhatta the…

…mind as to whether any blame attached to him and he consulted the Buddha, who said that as Sundara had not acquiesced in the act, he was blameless….

Sundarīnandā¹

Younger sister of Thullanandā; she had two other sisters, Nandā and Nandavatī. Sāḷha Migāranattā seduced her, and she was proclaimed guilty of a Pārājika offence. Vin.iv.21 …

…He was the teacher of Brahmadatta. It was the discussion between these two, in the Ambalaṭṭhikā park, regarding the virtues of the Buddha, his…

…heard Pañcasikha sing love-songs in her honour, which also contained references to his deep attachment to the Buddha. This influenced her choice,…

A monks whose Theragāthā verses speak of attaining the goal of the spiritual life. Thag.135–136

A village in Kosala where Isidatta and Purāṇa once stayed. SN.v.348

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the end of rebirth. Thag.90

…five times, then later attained the end of suffering. Thig.37–38

Sāmā²Aparasāmā

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses…

…in afire, all of whom had attained the Dhamma. Ud.vii.10

Sāmāvatī is reckoned among the moist eminent of the lay women who were followers of…

Sāḷha¹Migāranattā

He once visited Nandaka Thera with Pekkhuniya’s grandson, Rohana. AN.i.193f. He built a vihāra for the nuns and Sundarīndā was appointed to supervise the work. As a r …

…Theragāthā verse speaks of attaining his goal and abandoning pride. Thag.60

Sīvali was declared by the Buddha AN.i.24 pre-eminent among…

…and the sutta led to his attainment of arahantship. MN.i.497 MN.i.501

A conversation which the Buddha had there with Sāriputta is recorded in…

Messenger of Vessavaṇa. DN.iii.201

…village of Uttarakā belonged to them, and when the Buddha was staying there with Sunakkhatta, the latter was greatly taken up with the practices…

…became a Sotāpanna, later attaining arahantship. Snp.p.160f.

Tissa⁴

The personal name of Metteyya, friend of Tissa. In the Sutta…

…(e.g., Purāṇa and Isidatta) are born there. AN.iii.348 AN.v.138

It is the rule for all Bodhisattas to be born in Tusita in their last life…

A lay disciple of Ñātika who died and was reborn in the Suddhāvāsa, there to attain Nibbāna. SN.v.358 DN.ii.92

…emancipation through higher knowledge and the destruction of ignorance. Because Udaya had already attained to the fourth jhāna, the Buddha…

…by Rāma, which was the attainment of the state of “neither-perception-nor-non-perception”. When Gotama had mastered this, Uddaka made…

…Sārandada, Sattamba, Cāpāla and Bahuputta—all of which are described as beautiful spots. DN.ii.102 SN.v.260 AN.iv.309…

…factors and thereby attained to final emancipation. SN.v.89

He is rebuked by the Buddha for his sarcastic remark to Ānanda, that Ānanda…

…why it was that some beings attained full freedom in this very life, while others did not. Because of grasping, says the…

UggahaMeṇḍakanattā

The grandson of the banker Meṇḍaka; he lived in Bhaddiya. Once when the Buddha was staying in the Jātiyāvana at Bhaddiya, Uggaha invited him and three monks to a meal at his house. …

…questioned the Buddha on his attainments, and when the Buddha told him what he had accomplished he asked the Buddha if he were “Anantajina.”…

UpavattaUpavattana

The sāla-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the…

…Once when the Buddha was attacked by cramp, Upavāna, with the help of his lay-friend Devahita, obtained hot water and suitable medicines, with…

…Elephant Treasure of the Cakkavatti Mahāsudassana. He was “all white, sevenfold firm (sattappatiṭṭha), wonderful in power, flying through…

…has not mastered his mind or attained to tranquillity.

Three verses are ascribed to Upāli in the Theragāthā Thag.249–251 where he admonishes…

UruvelāSenānigamaUruvelapattana

A locality on the banks of the Nerañjara, in the neighbourhood of the Bodhi-tree at Buddhagayā. MN.i.166 The…

…Fire Sermon, and they all attained arahantship.

From Gayāsīsa the Buddha went to Rājagaha with the Kassapas and their pupils, and in the…

…he became ashamed and attained enlightenment. Thag.197–198

Usabha ³

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

…Buddha, she has developed the seven awakening-factors and attained Nibbāna. Thig.45–47

…village of the Thūlūs. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse tell of how he overcame his desire and confusion and attained arahantship. Thag.252–254

…attained all that is to be attained by a non arahant’s understanding and asks for a further exposition of the Doctrine. The Buddha tells him to…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the ease of attaining Nibbana for one who practices well. Thag.71

…the Buddha’s lifetime some monks of Vajji joined Devadatta. Vin.ii.199f.

26.23922, 85.435181janapada

…others the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Soon after, Vappa and his companions became arahants, at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.12…

…In this context we find that Vassakāra was Mahāmatta to Bimbisāra as well.

…In this hill was the Sattapaṇṇiguhā, where the first Convocation was held. Vin.ii.76 The river Tapodā rose in a lake at the foot of…

…by giving an account of his attainment of the threefold knowledge. The interview ends with the conversion of Verañja and his invitation to the…

…the Gotamaka cetiya, the Sattambaka cetiya, the Bahuputta cetiya, and the Sārandada cetiya. Other monasteries are also mentioned, in or near…

…Hell. SN.i.21 Snp.674 It may be the same as the great “Caustic River” referred to in the Devadatta Sutta. MN.iii.185 Its waters are sharp and…

…five hundred monks whom Devadatta had enticed away to Gayāsīsa. Vin.ii.200 It was there that the monks of the First Council met Purāṇa, who…

…joined the Order and attained arahantship. Vin.i.18f.

Vimala²

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of being peaceful amidst…

…to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, hearing of her return, visited her at the nunnery and asked her various questions…

Visākhā¹

. Thig.13

Visākhā²

The chief among the female lay disciples of the Buddha and declared by him to be foremost among those who ministered to the Order. AN.i.26 She is c …

…and joined the Order, attaining arahantship in due course, as did fifty others of Yasa’s former friends and acquaintances. Vin.i.15–20

A…

While journeying in the company of Sabhiya, he came to Sāvatthī, where he was present at the discussion between Sabhiya and the Buddha. It was his purpose to try and discover flaws in the Buddha’s arg …

…all put forth effort and attained arahantship. Some time after, the Buddha visited Vesāli during a journey and asked Ānanda to send for Yasoja…

A brahmin, father of Koṇāgamana Buddha. DN.ii.7

…that all beings, all lives, all existent things, all living substances attain and must attain, perfection in course of time.

…of the Buddha and was deeply attached to him. Ānanda entered the Order in the second year of the Buddha’s ministry, together with other Sākiyan…

…his renunciation, first attached himself, the other being Uddaka Rāmaputta. In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.240ff.…