A name given not to a special purgatory but to a period of time in Avīci.

One term of Ababa is equal to four hundred of Abbuda; an Abbuda being…

A period of suffering in Avīci, the time taken to remove twenty cartloads of tila-seeds, taking one seed at the end of each century. Snp.p.126…

…of the Exalted One, whose disciple he then became. Later, when the king died, Abhaya was disturbed in mind, and entered the Order. On the occasion…

…disciple of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.9 In the Aruṇavatī Sutta it is said that he went with Sikhī to a Brahma-world and,…

…to Abhibhū, chief disciple of Sikhī Buddha. In the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.121 the second and third verses are ascribed to the Buddha.

…paribbājaka, he admits to Citta that he had thereby obtained no particular excellence of knowledge. Citta tells him of his own attainments and…

…on the life of the bhikkhu. Aciravata repeats this conversation to the Buddha who thereupon preaches the Dantabhūmi Sutta. MN.iii.128ff.

The…

…was preached here, and the Aciravatī is used in a simile to prove the futility of sacrifices and prayers: it is of no use standing on one bank of…

A city where Revata went on his way from Soreyya to Sahajāti, prior to the Council of Vesālī. Vin.ii.300

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…Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the Dantabhūmi Sutta MN.iii.128f. the novice Aciravata is thus addressed by Prince Jayasena, who visits…

…list. Snp.p.126 It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to twenty Ababā. SN.i.152

5hell

A Yakkha who tried to frighten the Buddha, but who, later, became his disciple. Ud.4–5

…Thag.518f.

This river was probably a branch of the Aciravatī.

Gandak2river

…the time of the Second Council he was a monk of ten years’ standing and was appointed to assign seats to the Theras….

…to have expressed do not coincide with those attributed to Ajita in the Sāmaññaphala Sutta. In the Saṃyutta SN.iv.398 he is represented as…

…of the disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha at the request of their teacher.

He was the first to question the Buddha,…

…was reported to Ānanda. The case went up before Upāli, who decided in favour of Ajjuka. Vin.iii.66–67

…the persuasions of his physician Jīvaka Komārabhacca. And when in the end he did go to the Buddha, it was in great fear and trembling; so nervous…

…led from Vesāli northwards to the Malla Country, for other villages in the vicinity of Ambagāma were Hatthigāma and…

…her retinue drove out of the city in magnificent chariots to meet him, and, after hearing a discourse, invited him and the monks to a meal the next…

AmbaraambaravatīAmbara-ambaravatī

The double name of a city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

…this the occasion for declaring the drinking of intoxicants to be a pācittiya-offence. Vin.iv.108–110

25.39861,80.27162town

…and later showed a special miracle to Citta). SN.iv.288–91

• Kāmabhū (who discoursed to Citta on various topics). SN.iv.291–295 *…

…to see what deficiency he could possibly supply. Seeing there neither rice, milk, nor honey-lumps, he approached Ānanda, and having,…

…the last-mentioned experiencing a special kind of samādhi where he realised that bhavanirodha was nibbāna.

The Vammika Sutta MN.i.143ff.…

…to have been preached specially to Anuruddha on that occasion, for we are told at the end that he was pleased to have heard it, no mention being…

…Vin.ii.155–156 He was so excited by the thought of the visit that he got up three times during the night. When, at last, he started for Sītavana,…

…were born in the Brahmaloka. They had many disciples.

A forest hermitage near Rājagaha, where the novice Aciravata sometimes stayed. MN.iii.128

25.038327,85.4379273building

…thereby committing a pācittiya-offence. Vin.iv.137 We find the Buddha rebuking the nun Thullanandā for associating with Ariṭṭha after…

…were disciples of different teachers and, standing before the Buddha, each uttered the praises of his own teacher. Asama…

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

…in full only to certain disciples and not to others; just as a farmer sowing seed selects, first the best field, then the moderate, and lastly,…

…gods engaged in great rejoicing. On inquiry he learnt that Siddhattha Gotama, destined to become the Buddha, had been born. Immediately he went to…

…he was a well-known disciple Assaji gave him a summary of the doctrine contained in the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Feeling sure that he could…

…seem to have had a special dislike for Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Once the Buddha, on his way somewhere from Sāvatthī, accompanied by…

…brahmins staying in the city asked him to hold a discussion with the Buddha and refute his views. He agreed only after repeated requests,…

A city in the kingdom of Aṅga. It was here that the Mahā Assapura and Cūḷa Assapura Suttas were preached by the Buddha. MN.i.271ff.…

…most commonly, however, Vepacitti SN.i.222 SN.iv.201ff. and Rāhu. AN.ii.17 AN.ii.53 AN.iii.243 Besides these we find Pahārāda, AN.iv.197…

Given in the Pācittiya rules’ as an example of a low name (hīnanāma). Vin.iv.6ff.

…the time of the Vesāli Council, however, Avanti had become one of the important centres of the orthodox school, for we find Yasa Kākandakaputta…

…and there it is specifically called a niraya.

In the Dīgha passage mentioned above, the reference to Avīci is in connection with a…

…visits of the Buddha to this city are recorded in the Canon; on one occasion he preached the Phena Sutta SN.iii.140ff. and on the other the…

…to be pre-eminent among disciples of long-standing (rattaññūnam). AN.i.23

Several verses attributed to Koṇḍañña are given in the…

…and had as its capital city Campā. Another city mentioned is Assapūra. MN.i.271

In the Buddha’s time the Aṅgarājā was just a wealthy…

AṅgaṇikabhāradvājaAṅgaṇikaBhāradvāja

A brahmin fire-worshipper who practiced asceticism to gain immortality. Later he practiced Buddhism and in due course acquired the three knowledges. Thag.219–221

…of the ten ancient seers who conducted great sacrifices and were versed in Vedic lore. The others being Aṭṭhaka, Vāmaka,…

One of the Avīci hells. SN.i.150 Snp.126

5hell

…Vin.i.245 DN.i.104 as the ancient sages of the brahmins. They abstained from food at unseasonable times. They were the first teachers of the…

A city from which came the householder Dasama who, while on a visit to Pāṭaliputta on business, went to see Ānanda at Beluvagāma and questioned…

…shrine in the neighbourhood of Vesāli, to the north of that city. DN.iii.9 The Buddha is said to have stayed…

…until the Buddha, by the exercise of his magical power, prevented Baka from disappearing from sight, while he himself dissolved into complete…

Bandhumatī¹

The city of birth of Vipassī Buddha. DN.i.7

5townBandhumatī²

Wife of King Bandhumā and mother of Vipassī…

…his disciples and had no special instructions for the Order to follow after his death. Each disciple must work out his own salvation. DN.ii.98ff.…

Bhadda¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who, the Buddha declared, had destroyed the five lower fetters and had been born in the highest deva…

…city in the Aṅga kingdom. The Buddha visited there several times and stayed sometimes at the Jātiyāvana where…

A headman of Uruvelakappa and father of Ciravāsi. SN.iv.327

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who, at his request, visited the Buddha. Snp.1008

He questioned the Buddha as to how a man could get over…

…all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towards members of the kumbhakāra “caste.” In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.36 SN.i.60…

…they were the first lay disciples of the Buddha. They offered a meal shortly after the Buddha was Awakened, while still near Uruvelā. Vin.i.3f.…

A recluse, once a co-disciple of the Buddha in the holy life. Once, when the Buddha visited Kapilavatthu and wanted lodging for the night,…

A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein the Buddhastayed, on Suṃsumāragiri. Nearby was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā. AN.ii.61 AN.iii.295 SN.iii.1 SN.iv.11 …

BhiyyasaBhīya

One of the two chief disciples of Koṇāgamana Buddha. DN.ii.5

…considered to be very ancient. Mention is made in the books of a Bhāradvāja is among the authors of the mantras of the brāhmanas. DN.i.242…

…after the Buddha’s Renunciation. The king, seeing the young ascetic pass below the palace windows, sent messengers after him. On learning, that…

…last life of a Buddha, especially after having left home, in such contexts as “in the days before my Awakening, when I was only a Bodhisatta”….

…an initial hesitation he decided to teach the Dhamma he had found, and he did so for the next 45 years, until he passed away at the age of eighty…

Bulī

The name of a gotta. They claimed one eighth share of the Buddha’s relics and raised a thūpa over them in their city of Allakappa. DN.ii.167

…that the Buddha was in the city begging alms. Bāhiya followed him thither and begged to be taught something for his salvation. Twice he asked and…

…about the conditions from which the Tathāgata is released and emancipated. The Buddha enumerated ten such. AN.v.151f.

Bālakaloṇakāra BākalonakārāgamaBālakalonakārāma

A locality near Kosambī.

When the monks of Kosambī started quarrelling, the Buddha left them and went to Bālakalonakārāma, where he visited Bhagu and …

…Bimbisāra sent his own physician, Jīvaka, to attend to the son of the Treasurer of Benares Vin.i.275. The distance from Kosambī to Benares was…

…facets, the finest of its species, shedding light for a league around. This is followed by the Woman, belonging either to the royal family of Madda…

A city in India on the river of the same name; it was the capital of Aṅga and was celebrated for its beautiful lake, the Gaggarā-pokkharaṇī….

…the True Saint, and recited to him stanzas learnt when the Buddha preached the Bhaddekaratta Sutta in Tāvatiṃsā.MN.iii.199f. The…

A lay-disciple of the Buddha in Sāvatthī. He was present when five rājās, including Pasenadi, visited the Buddha and asked him which was the…

…Thullanandā in various vicious practices. She once applied for permission to ordain nuns but was refused, and on discovering that other nuns had…

…go in search of various medicines. When all preparations were complete, Jīvaka gave the king the medicine and escaped on Bhaddavatikā, the…

CetiyaCetiCetīCedi

One of the sixteen Great Nations, AN.i.213 probably identical with Cedi of the older documents. The people of Ceti settled near the Yamunā, to the east, in the neighbourhood of and …

…Channa committed suicide by cutting his throat. When this was reported to the Buddha, he explained that no blame was attached to Channa,…

…and told him that he was always anxiously waiting for news of Ciravāsī, who was away at school. SN.iv.329

The name of certain Supaṇṇas. DN.ii.259

…the Buddha and gained special proficiency in distinguishing subtle differences in the meanings of words. Six times he left the Order and six…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how the cries of the beautiful peacocks wake the meditator to practice. Thag.22

A tree in the Asurabhavana SN.v.238 which lives for a whole aeon.

A Gandhabba present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is elsewhere DN.iii.204 mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by the Buddha’s followers when troubled by evil spirits.

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

…a rule, allowing monks to recite the pātimokkha under a learned monk if the leader of their own company should be inefficient….

…was evidently a disciple of great eminence, and is mentioned by the Buddha AN.iii.299 MN.iii.78 Ud.i.5 in company with the Two Chief…

…been an ascetic who had renounced his vows to have a child with her, but now regretted his decision and wanted to return to the holy life…

…parinibbāna, definitely decided to accede to the request of Māra that he should die. When he announced this decision the earth shook….

…they send their councillors out into the world to discover if men cultivate righteousness and virtue; on the fourteenth day they send their…

…and many psychic powers, especially the ability to create manifold replicas of himself.

It is said Vin.iv.54f. that when it was his turn to teach…

A Yakkha chieftain who should be invoked by disciples of the Buddha in times of need. DN.iii.205

…hills that surrounded the city—hence its name. In the district was the brahmin village of Ekanālā.Snp.p.13 The Buddha traversed it in the…

…of the Kosalans near the Aciravatī; it was visited by the Buddha during a tour in Kosala. There he preached the Udāna Sutta in answer to a…

…then decided to kill the Buddha himself. One day, when the Buddha was walking on the slopes of Gijjhakūṭa, he hurled down…

…on his comfortable circumstances and broke forth into song in token of his happiness. As Dhaniya proceeded with his song, the Buddha added…

A lake in Kuvera’s city. DN.iii.201

5lake

One of Bāvarī’s disciples; he was among those who visited the Buddha at Bāvarī’s request. Snp.p.194 The questions he asked of the Buddha on…

…on actions and their efficiency. Dīghatapassī reported this discussion to Nāṭaputta and Upāli, who was listening, went, against the advice…

…who was on a visit to the city, saw them. Dīghīti, recognising his son, called to him his dying advice “look not too far nor too near”….

…of Moggallāna. He first incited the brahmin householders to revile Kakusandha’s monks, chief of whom were Vidhura and Sañjīva; when that…

…there by Uttara, the disciple of Pārāsariya. Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta. MN.iii.298ff.

25.0489,…

…charioteer Mātali, Cittasena, Naḷa and Janesabha.

The Gandhabbas are sometimes described as going through the air. AN.ii.39 In the…

…Five hundred others were associated with him, and at first their spiritual life was poor. Gavesī, realising this, put forth effort and, step by…

…SN.i.207 the residence of Sūciloma.

It was at a spring festival in Gayā that Senaka Thera was converted by the Buddha. Thag.287

24.75, 85.011town

…that the Buddha’s Chief Disciples had to go to reclaim them. Vin.ii.199 DhA.i.121 J.i.142, 425, 490f J.iv.180 It is said J.i.185, 508; ii.38f…

…seem to indicate that he was a mathematician.

…of the Tipiṭaka. It includes all the suttas composed in verse, especially the whole Sagāthakavagga of the Saṃyutta Nikāya.

…of the five hills encircling Rājagaha. It was evidently a favourite resort of those who followed the religious life.

The Buddha seems to…

…Vin.ii.150 Vin.iv.85 Vin.iv.267 there were dancing, singing and music.

…this happened and then he decided to commit suicide by cutting his throat. Māra saw this and reported it to the Buddha, but when the Buddha…

…passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way from Bāvarī’s hermitage to see the Buddha at Rājagaha.

Between Gonaddha and their starting…

…faith, virtue, conscientiousness, fear of blame, ability to listen well, charity, wisdom, modesty. AN.iv.218f. AN.iv.216

Together with…

A teacher of old, with a following of many hundred disciples to whom he taught the way to union with Brahmā. AN.iii.371 AN.ii.373 AN.iv.135

One of Bāvarī’s disciples. He went to the Buddha, asked questions, and became an arahant Snp.1006 Snp.1084–1087

…eminent lay disciple of Avanti. Once when Mahā Kaccāna was staying in the Kuraragharapapāta, Hāliddakāni visited him and…

…of Gopaka, became disciples of the Buddha and, as a result, far surpassed in glory Inda and his other companion devas. In the same context,…

…one of the three chief cities of Jambudipa, the others being Uttarapancala and Kekaka J.ii.213, 214.

According to a verse found at the end of…

…to the satisfaction of Citta. Citta likewise asked questions regarding various views, such as the infinity of the world, etc. At the end of…

…of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a black stone called the Kāḷasilā. This was a favourite haunt of the…

…Mahākoṭṭhita and Citta-Hatthisāriputta. AN.iii.392f.

Mention is made, too, of a discourse in which several monks staying at…

…be eighty-four thousand cities with Ketumatī at the head. DN.iii.75

The Buddha once declared that the people of Jambudīpa excel those of…

A city in Uttarakuru, Kuvera’s kingdom. DN.iii.20

5town

…the Jatukaṇṇi Sutta Snp.1007…

A family name, not considered of high social standing. Vin.iv.8 Vin.iv.13

…not be expected to appreciate renunciation. MN.iii.128

A discussion which Jayasena had with his uncle Bhūmiya Thera is recorded in the…

…cloisters, halls for exercise, wells, bathrooms, ponds, open and roofed sheds, etc. Vin.ii.158f.

The monastery became the Buddha’s favorite…

…a retired spot outside the city, developing jhāna in order to see Brahmā face to face. At the end of the four months, Brahmā Sanaṅkumāra…

…qualities of a pious lay disciple is recorded in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iv.222f.

At Jīvaka’s request, the Buddha enjoined upon monks to…

…there by Uttara, the disciple of Pārāsariya. Their conversation is recorded in the Indriyabhāvānā Sutta….

…lay disciple of the Buddha who dwelt at Nādikā. When the Buddha arrived at Nādikā on his last journey, Ānanda asked him…

…of a past era. His chief disciples were Vidhura and Sañjīva among monks, and Sama and Campā among nuns. His personal attendant was Buddhija….

…all Buddhas school their disciples in the four satipaṭṭhānas. Pessa stated that it was far more difficult to train men than animals. The…

…delight and offered himself as the Thera’s disciple. AN.i.67f.

…The administration and judicial business of the city and all other matters of importance were discussed and decided in the Santhāgārasālā….

…of Bāvarī’s disciples. The questions he asked of the Buddha are recorded in the Kappamāṇavapucchā. Snp.1007…

kasivantākapīvantā

A city to the north of Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

…of the Buddha’s eminent disciples, such as Sāriputta, Moggallāna, Mahā Kaccāna, had also been invited, as they happened to be at Veḷuvana…

…lay disciple of the Buddha at Nādikā, one of those, who, after their death, were declared by the Buddha, in answer to a…

…rule was, however, later rescinded. Vin.i.83 Elsewhere, Vin.i.85 Kaṇṭaka is mentioned as being expelled from the Order for having had sexual…

…through Gayā with Sūciloma when the latter questioned the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in the Sūciloma Sutta. SN.i.207f.…

The chief disciple of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.11 DN.ii.40

A monk. He had been a disciple of the Buddha and was born in the Aviha Brahma-world, where he attained to arahantship at the moment of his birth. He…

A monk, one of the associates of Devadatta, mentioned with Kokālika, Katamoraka Tissa and Samuddadatta. They helped Devadatta in his attempt to…

…how, even when the Noble Disciple has put away the five lower fetters, there still clings to him a subtle remnant of the “I” conceit. It is…

…of the Buddha’s women disciples for her great wisdom. AN.i.25 Her Therīgāthā verses depict her being described as beautiful, but rejecting…

A monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of learned ascetics of Pāṭaliputta. Thag.234–236 He was evidently one of the Pācīnaka (’Eastern“) monks who proclaimed the ten indulgences at Vesāli. He was one of …

…is several times mentioned as the paragon among lay-women disciples. AN.i.88 AN.ii.164 AN.iv.368 SN.ii.236

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

5river

…The Buddha visited them at Pacina-vamsadāya when he was going away, disgusted with the recalcitrant monks of Kosambī. Vin.i.350 MN.iii.155ff.…

…Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of the Four Regent Gods. DN.ii.258

…chief among women disciples with respect to the wearing of coarse robes. AN.i.25 Gotamī was her name—she was called Kisā because of her…

…spoke ill of the Chief Disciples. Having three times accused the Elders of sinful desires, he left Jetavana, but boils immediately came out on…

KorabyaKoravyaKorabba

Perhaps the generic name given to the king of the Kurūs. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.369f. mentions a king Koravya who owned a large banyan tree named Suppatiṭṭha. According t …

…in the books are the Aciravatī DN.i.235 and the Sundarikā, SN.i.167 Snp.p.97 which is sometimes called Bāhukā. MN.i.39

Among localities…

…Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha for we find Ānanda mentioning it as one of the places suitable for…

…a brahmin clan. In the pācittiya it is given as one of the lower gottas, Vin.iv.8 but it is also Sakka’s gotta, and is therefore generally…

…was a special body of officials, presumably police, who wore a distinguishing headdress with a drooping crest (lambacūḷakābhaṭā) They…

A village in the vicinity of Bhaddiyanagara. During his last tour the Buddha crossed the river at Pāṭaligāma, went on to Koṭigāma, and…

…who was himself the scion of a noble family of the Kurus, is recounted in the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta.MN.ii.65ff. Koravya had a park called…

…body was carried into the city by the northern gate and out of the city by the eastern gate; to the east of the city was Makuṭabandhana, the…

One of the cities of Uttarakuru. DN.iii.200

town

…is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā, Ojasi, Tejasi, Tatojasī, Sūra, Rāja,…

…to him some medicine containing ghee, he sent Kāka to overtake Jīvaka and bring him back, giving Kāka strict injunctions not to eat…

…members of this family specially mentioned by name are Bharaṇḍu-Kālāma, who was once a co-disciple of the Bodhisatta, and…

…Two other suttas bearing the same name record visits paid to Kāmabhū by Cittagahapati at Ambāṭakavana in Macchikāsaṇḍa. SN.iv.291…

…the path of the Ariyan disciples was hard to follow and their goal hard to win. The Buddha pointed out to him that the difficult thing had been…

…youth declared himself a disciple of the Buddha. MN.ii.168ff. In the Sutta the Buddha addresses Kāpathika as Bhāradvāja, perhaps because he…

kārambhīKāranvī

A wood in which the Elder Cittaka sojourned for some time. Thag.22

4park

…SN.iii.124 committed suicide.

It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājagaha they would ask Dabba…

…Gotamī, at her special request, a summary of his doctrine. AN.iv.280 It was also at the Kūṭāgārasālā that the Buddha uttered his…

…Piṅgiyāni, because he recited a verse in praise of the Buddha. AN.iii.239 Even careless boys, referred to above as wandering about with hounds…

…being backsliders, mere reciters, doing things for trifling gains. The pupils went back to Lohicca and told him this. Lohicca visited Kaccāna…

…residence, among others, of Citta-Gahapati. SN.iv.281

It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at…

An epithet of Cittagahapati, because he lived in Macchikāslānda. AN.i.26

…states that he viewed the city with distinct disfavour. But Mahā Kaccāna evidently liked it, for he stayed there in the Gundāvana, and was…

MahesāMāhissati

A city in the Buddha’s day, mentioned as lying on the route from Bāvari’s hermitage to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011

According to the…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing properly and awaiting ones’ time. Thag.12

…of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered chief among expounders in full of the brief saying of the Buddha. AN.i.23 Several…

One of the most eminent disciples of the Buddha, considered foremost among those who taught the monks. AN.i.25 The Vinaya Vin.i.105 records that when…

…who were selected met in Council under the presidency of Kassapa and recited the Dhamma and the Vinaya.

The books contain numerous references to…

…between Koṭṭhita and Citta Hatthisāriputta; Citta was constantly interrupting the elder monks who were gathered at Isipatana for the…

…by bones in the charnel ground, evidently a practitioner of asceticism. He expresses the wish to never be reborn. Thag.141–152

…which lead to true emancipation, AN.v.155ff. and of visits paid to him by Sakka in company with numerous other gods in order to hear him…

…where the Buddha was convalescing after a severe illness, and at once Mahānāma asked a question as to whether concentration followed or preceded…

…in the evolution of consciousness. (saññāvivatta). AN.i.24

A set of verses uttered by him in the joy of attainment is included in the…

…bending; 10. his privacies are within a sheath; 11. he is of golden hue; 12. his skin so smooth that no dust clings to it; 13. the down on…

…as though he were a disciple of Makkhali.

Makkhali’s followers are known as the Ājīvakas.

The Buddha considered Makkhali as the most…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse says that one should only stay in a dwelling that is conducive to the goal. Thag.105

…reasons for these discrepancies.

In the Piyajātika Sutta. MN.ii.106ff. Pasenadi is said to have taunted her because “her recluse Gotama”…

…them to the Buddha, announcing the name of each family. After the Buddha’s death, they met together once more in the Mote Hall, and made…

…Kosala on the banks of the Aciravatī. The Buddha stayed in the mango grove to the north of the village, and, during one such stay, preached the…

…ill disposed and debauched. Their bodies thus become feeble and their minds imbecile, and, as a consequence, they fall from their state. DN.i.20…

The capital city where King Koñca lived, whose daughter was Sumedhā Therī. Thig.450

4town

…make the heart ripe for emancipation good friends, virtuous life, profitable talks, zealous exertion, insight and admonished him. AN.iv.354ff.…

One of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī who visited the Buddha. His question to the Buddha was as to how various ills originated in the world, and…

…to have earned their special dislike. Dabba was in charge of the distribution of alms at the ārāma where they stayed, and one day it was…

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

28.69299, 77.178953park

…by helping them to commit suicide. This encouraged him, and he put to death many more monks, until the Buddha, discovering the facts, intervened….

…being told of this, decided not to wear it again. She had it valued by goldsmiths, who declared that it was worth nine crores and one hundred…

…of the Videha country. The city was very ancient, and, according to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 was founded by Mahāgovinda, steward of King…

…Buddha, regarding the consciousness sustenance (viññāṇāhāra) Moliya asks a question as to who feeds on consciousness. The Buddha rejects…

…spread after the Third Council. The Buddha’s chief disciples, Sāriputta and Moggallāna, came from Māgadha. The cornfields of Māgadha were…

…account of Godhika’s suicide SN.i.122 there is a curious statement that, after Godhika died, Māra went about looking for his consciousness,…

…companions among his disciples. AN.i.26 AN.ii.61f.

Once, when Nakulapitā lay grievously ill, his wife noticed that he was fretful with…

…companions among his disciples. AN.i.26 AN.ii.61f.

Once, when Nakulapitā lay grievously ill, his wife noticed that he was fretful with…

…of the chief disciples of Bāvarī. His conversation with the Buddha is recorded in the Nanda māṇavaapucchā. Snp.1007…

…presence. The Buddha, conscious of Nandaka’s remorse, went on to praise his sermon, and said that the preaching of such sermons was the duty of…

…different kinds of Ariyan disciple, the one who dwells in remissness and the one who is earnest.SN.v.397ff. SN.v.403 Later, when the Buddha…

NavanavutiyoNavanavatiya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

NaḷerupucimandaNaḷerupucimandaNalerupucimaṇḍa

A grove near Verañja where the Buddha spent part of his time on his visit to Nerañjā….

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing with joy in the forest, despite being ill. Thag.435–440

…Buddha, and that was with Citta gahapati at Macchika Sanda. SN.iv.298ff. He praises Citta at the outset of the discussion, holding him up as an…

He once lived in a forest tract in Kosala and was inclined to be indolent. A deva, noticing this, admonished him, and it is said that Nāgadatta paid heed to the warning. SN.i.200

…day, when entering the city for alms, he saw a nautch girl gaily dressed, dancing to the accompaniment of music and contemplated her as the…

…the unique efficacy of practicing the Buddha’s path. Thag.86

Nāgita²

For some time the personal attendant of the Buddha. DN.i.151…

…eighteen monasteries of the city. At the sight of Nālāgiri all the people fled in terror. Ānanda, seeing the elephant advancing towards the…

NāṭasuriyāNātapuriya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.200

5town

…DN.ii.259 At the Nalerupucimaṇḍa in Verañja he visited the Buddha. In answer to a question, Pahārāda tells the Buddha that there are…

…volitional activity of consciousness in them. His doctrine is, therefore, one of non action. When one, with a sharp sword, cleaves a head in…

One of the cities of Uttarakuru, described as having been built on an airy base. DN.iii.200

5town

…how casual states of consciousness arose and how they could be banished for ever. AN.iv.35ff. AN.iv.378 AN.i.215

The Paribbājakas were not…

A hell where all objects of the senses, even when really attractive, appear quite repulsive to those experiencing them. SN.v.450

5hell

…be passed by Bāvarī’s disciples on their way to Sāvatthī. Snp.1011 It is identified with the Baithana or Paitana of…

…are used in various similes and metaphors. These rivers are: Gaṅgā, Yamunā, Aciravatī, Sarabhū and Mahī. Vin.ii.239 AN.iv.101 SN.ii.135…

…won their hearts and they became his first disciples.

…taken away with him something which would have proved precious to him. MN.i.339–342

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

…the Buddha with the other disciples he was 120 years old and very feeble. At the end of his discussion with the Buddha, as recorded in the Piṅgiya…

…Todeyyaputta, another disciple, is reported to have said that Pokkharasāti—here described as Opamañña (of the Upamañña clan) and lord of…

…visited the Buddha with Citta Hatthisāriputta>, when the Buddha continued the earlier discussion on personality and the soul. At the end of…

…therefore to the east of the city. Mention is made AN.iii.345 of the Buddha having bathed there. It was evidently extensive, for Pasenadi’s state…

…of the Mallas. He was a disciple of Āḷāra Kālama, and one day, while on his way from Kusinārā to Pāvā, he saw the Buddha seated under a…

…the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. His answer was that he preferred to remember…

A hell; it is a period of suffering in Avīci, equal to twenty Uppalakā. SN.i.152 Snp.p.126

5hell

…of the sixteen disciples of Bāvarī, who visited the Buddha. Snp.1006 His conversation with the Buddha is given in the…

PācīnavaṃsaPācīnavaṃsadāya

A park in the Cetiya kingdom. AN.iv.228f. The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, while staying there with Meghiya, the latter stopped in a mango grove in the v …

PālileyyaPārileyyaPārileyyaka

A town near Kosambī. When the Buddha found that he could not persuade the Kosambī monks to refrain from quarrelling, he left Kosambī alone and unattended, and passing th …

…and flower, and each stage is marked by great rejoicings. AN.iv.117f.

…asked by Bāvarī’s disciples and the answers given by the Buddha.

The Pārāyana Vagga is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.i.133…

A shrine near Rājagaha, where the disciples of Bāvarī met and questioned the Buddha. Snp.1013

25.04641, 85.411143shrine

…for his sabhā or Council Sp.i.52.

The city was known to the Greeks as Pālibothra, and Megasthenes, who spent some time there, has left a…

…and, at the end of such recital, the reciter asks the members of the Order who are present if any one of them has infringed any of the rules….

PāveyyakāPātheyyakā

The name given to the inhabitants of Pāvā—e.g., Pāveyyakā Mallā. DN.ii.165

Pāvā was evidently a centre of Buddhist activity even during the lifetime of the Buddha, and mention is …

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…

…Vacchagotta. SN.iv.398 He claimed to be omniscient. AN.iv.428

…son of a very wealthy councillor and was called by his family name of Raṭṭhapāla. When the Buddha visited Thullakoṭṭhita,…

…from one hundred and twelve thousand, at the head of whom was Revata—held a recital of the Dhamma, which recital therefore came to be…

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

RucīRūpī

An upāsikā, held up as an example to others. AN.iv.347

…let them go and ran to Vepacitti, “trembling and with stiffened hair.” This incident evidently refers to the Indian myth of the eclipses, and…

…among those of his disciples who were anxious for training. AN.i.24 The Vinaya Vin.iii.16 gives a story illustrating Rāhula’s extreme…

…mentions a long and circuitous route, taken by Bāvarī’s disciples in going from Patiṭṭhāna to Rājagaha, passing through…

…heresy at the Second Council. He was, at that time, the oldest Thera in the world. He sat on the committee appointed to examine the points in…

…Sahajāti is described as a city of the Cetis, and Mahā Cunda is mentioned as having stayed there and preached three sermons.

According to the…

…Purandara, destroyer of cities)

• Sakka, because he gives generously and thoroughly (sakkaccaṃ). Sakra occurs many times in the Vedas as an…

One of the two chief disciples of Sikhī Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.i.155

…holding of the Second Council. Vin.ii.298f. Vin.ii.303ff.

A series of verses uttered by Sambhūta, which speak of going about one’s…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of experiencing the suffering caused by kamma in the past. Thag.81

…the Saṅgha. Each deva fancies that only the shape sitting on his own divan has spoken and that the others are silent. Then Sanaṅkumāra goes…

…he is mentioned in a list of eminent lay disciples. AN.iii.451

A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

A disciple of the Buddha at Ñātikā. He was born after death in Akanitthābhavana, there to pass entirely away. DN.ii.92 SN.v.358f.

…unable to develop concentration. This so distressed him that he was about to commit suicide, when, inward vision suddenly expanding, he attained…

…whose Theragāthā verses speak of living in a hut of reeds he built himself. By practicing the straight road of the seven Buddhas he realized…

…and Dakkhiṇa Kosala. The Aciravatī was its tributary. Sāketa was situated on the banks of the Sarabhū, which flowed through the…

…said that when these two disciples left Sañjaya to become pupils of the Buddha, they were joined by two hundred and fifty others. Sañjaya then…

One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 He was expert in samādhi, and lived in cells, caves, etc., sustaining himself on…

…to return to lay life by placing their child on his lap and going away. When she discovered that Saṅgāmaji would not even talk to his son, she…

A city, thirty leagues from Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through…

The state elephant of Pasenadi, on whose account the Buddha preached a special sermon. AN.iii.345

…to Setavyā. The city was on the road, taken by Bāvarī’s disciples, Snp.1012 from Sāvatthī to Rājagaha, and was the first halting…

…Sambhava were his chief disciples among monks.

• Akhila and Padumā among nuns.
• His constant attendant was Khemaṅkara.
• Among his patrons…

A hell, or a period of suffering in Avīci. SN.i.102 Snp.126

5hell

A monk whose Theragāthā verses say one should avoid a lzy man and associate with those who are energetic. Thag.147–148

An eminent laywoman, disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.348

…At the end of the recital the Buddha congratulated him. Soṇa asked for the relaxation of sive points of Vinaya for those living in border…

…expressed his appreciation of the Buddha and his doctrine, and invited him and his monks to a meal. At the conclusion of the meal…

…eminent lay woman, disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.348

Soṇā²Bahuputtikā

A Therī. She was declared foremost among nuns for…

…on his way back from the city, he met Jāṇussoṇi, and, on being asked what he thought of the Buddha, spoke of him in terms of the highest…

…the Buddha gave Ānanda special permission to admit him at once without waiting for the usual probationary period. Subhadda dwelt in solitude and…

…is by way of wisdom, renunciation and restraint. SN.i.53

Subrahmā²

A Pacceka Brahmā. He was a follower of the Buddha, and, after…

…leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked him why he looked downwards while eating. When Sāriputta disclaimed doing so, she asked him,…

An Asura, one of the Dānaveghasas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…taught him a stanza to recite whenever Pasenadi sat down to a meal, in order that the king might observe moderation in eating. For this service…

Sudatta¹

A lay disciple of Nādikā who had become a sakadāgāmin. DN.ii.92 SN.v.356f.

Sudatta²

A devaputta who visited…

An eminent lay woman disciple of the Buddha. AN.iv.347

…devas, inhabitants of the Suddhāvāsā, who appeared before the Buddha and recited three verses in praise of the Saṅgha. SN.i.26 DN.ii.253f.

…to ask pardon of Citta, but Citta would not forgive him. The Buddha then gave him a companion, and together they went to Citta, and…

…at the Second Council. Vāsabhagāmi was his colleague. . Vin.ii.305

Sumana³

He is mentioned as having lived in Andhavana…

…the Order because its discipline had proved too hard for him. The Buddha had told him that Korakkhattiya, whom he so much admired, would be born…

…Kosala, reputed to be efficacious in washing away sins. MN.i.39 There Sundarika Bhāradvāja held sacrifices in honour of Agni and met the Buddha…

…Gandhakuti, not going to the city for alms, and Ānanda even suggested that they should go to another city.

But the Buddha pointed out to him the…

…of old. He had numerous disciples, and those who followed his teachings were reborn in the Brahma world and in various other worlds. Then Sunetta,…

…They invited the Buddha to a meal, and, after his departure, named the gate by which he had left the city Gotamadvāra, and the ford by which he…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of one who understands the mind, practicing jhāna happily. Thag.85

…and how he bowed and scaped before many people, until he was lifted up by the Buddha. Practcing in the forest he realized the Dhamma, so that…

…one day seated in the outer circle of people, heard the Buddha preach and became a sotāpanna. While waiting the departure of the crowd so that…

…was as a result of this incident that the Buddha lay down a rule forbidding monks to eat human flesh, even when willingly given….

…is spoken of as seeking Vepacitti and standing by his side, trembling and with stiffened hair. SN.i.51

Suriya was present at the preaching of the…

…the capital. Near the city was the Bhesakalāvana where the Buddha stayed.

During his visits there he preached the Anumāna Sutta…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the advantages of associating with good people. Thag.75

…had obtained complete emancipation, etc., Susīma discovered that all of them did not possess supernatural powers, but thought they had gained…

SāgalaSāgalā

A city in India, mentioned in the Vinaya Vin.iii.67 as the residence of Daḷhika.

…Kosambī, where the lay disciples, hearing of his wondrous feat, paid him great honour. When they asked what they could do for his comfort, he…

…were evidently near the city. Mention is also made SN.v.174 SN.v.298f. Vin.i.289 of Sāriputta, Moggallāna and Anuruddha staying together in…

…and mention is made of a special school of archery conducted by a Sākyan family, called Vedhaññā D.iii.117 DA.iii.905.

The Sākyans evidently…

Sāriputta

The chief disciple of Gotama- Buddha. He is also called Upatissa, which was evidently his personal name. MN.i.150 Sāriputta was a great…

…teaching, a man’s consciousness runs on and continues without break of identity. Sāti’s colleagues did their best to change his way of…

…one of the six great Indian cities during the lifetime of the Buddha. DN.ii.147 It was six leagues from Sāketa. Vin.i.253 It was on the banks of…

…into solitude in order to decide whether he thought their contentions right. There an inhabitant of the Suddhāvāsā informed him that the…

…that the animal had been specially killed for him. Vin.i.233f. AN.iv.179f.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.38f. AN.iv.79f. contains two…

…success, to practise asceticism. AN.iii.374

Sambhūta Thera so loved the Sītavana that he came to be called “Sitavaniya.

Ekavihāriya is…

…declared by the Buddha AN.i.24 pre-eminent among recipients of gifts.

…the abode of Sūciloma, Sūciloma and his friend, Khara, happened to be passing by, and Sūciloma, coming up to the Buddha, bent his body against…

An eminent lay disciple, declared by the Buddha foremost among his followers in unwavering loyalty. AN.i.26 AN.iii.451

…They became the first lay disciples of the Buddha, and their formula of Refuge contained no reference to the Saṅgha. Vin.i.3f. AN.i.26 Tapussa…

…brook no rival, and especially disliked Bhaddā, whom she deliberately annoyed on more than one occasion. Vin.iv.283 Vin.iv.285 Vin.iv.287…

…in praise of tevijja brahmins. The Buddha explained to him that the threefold lore of the Ariyan disciple was a different and a far nobler…

…of the two chief disciples of Vipassī Buddha. DN.ii.4

Tissa²

A monk who was reborn as a Brahmā with great iddhi-powers….

…disciple of Bāvarī. He visited the Buddha with his colleagues and when the Buddha answered his questions, he, and his…

The name given to the inhabitants of Mount Vepulla, then known as Pācīnavaṃsa, near Rājagaha, in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. Their term of life was forty thousand years. SN.ii.190

…disciple of Bāvarī. Snp.1006 He visited the Buddha, and his questions, with the answers given by the Buddha, are given…

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

…spent the night in the hall. It was on this occasion that Sāriputta recited the Saṅgīti Sutta. DN.iii.207ff.

Pāvā3building

…to the Buddha— “A pertinacious and greedy man is the Samaṇa Gotama that he comes again and again.” The Buddha pointed out to him how, again…

…the whole company of his disciples as their teacher. But Gotama, finding this doctrine unsatisfactory, abandoned it. MN.i.165ff.…

…to Ānanda. Vin.ii.291 The incident took place after the Buddha’s death.

Udena visited Piṇḍola Bhāradvāja to learn how young monastics…

…permission to make a special effort so that his recitation might be audible to the others. Vin.i.115 It is, perhaps, this same monk who is…

…was possessed of eight special and wonderful qualities. AN.iv.212–216

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.109f. records a visit paid to the Buddha…

…the setting up of the sacrificial post bore great fruit. Three times the Buddha agreed that it was so, and Uggatasarīra was about to conclude that…

…intercourse between that city and Māgadha, whose king was Seniya Bimbisāra. After Bimbisāra’s death, however, Pajjota seems to have…

…praise of the two chief disciples and spoke of the loss the Order had sustained by their death. SN.v.163f.

The Cūḷagopālaka Sutta was also…

…becoming the first lay disciples, taking refuge only in the Buddha and Dhamma (since the Sangha was not yet established). Vin.i.4

The men of…

…in a list of very eminent disciples, together with Cāla, Kakkaṭa, Kaḷimbha, Nikata and Kaṭissaha. They lived in the Kūṭāgārasālā in…

…to Upananda to show his appreciation of the sermon, Upananda wished to have the robe that the man wore. The banker was embarrassed, and promised to…

…would be guilty of a pācittiya offence, but the Buddha, desiring to talk to him, asked one of Upasena’s followers if he liked rag-robes….

One of the disciples of Bāvarī. Snp.1007 The questions he asked the Buddha, when he visited him in the company of his colleagues, are recorded in…

…hot water and suitable medicines, with which the ailment was healed; the Buddha, thereupon, expressed his gratitude. SN.i.174f.

When the Buddha…

…of the two chief women disciples of the Buddha, and the chief of the women possessed of psychic power. AN.i.25 The Therīgāthā Thig.234–235…

…Vin.iv.142 In the First Council, Upāli took a leading part, deciding all the questions relative to the Vinaya, in the same way as Ānanda decided…

…Ānanda that be could not understand how young men in the prime of life found any attraction in renouncing the world. Ānanda took Tapassu to the…

…after the Buddha’s Renunciation, Māra made one more attempt to make the Buddha discontented with his lonely lot and it was then, when Māra…

…me.“ Finally the Buddha decided to startle him by declaring that he was not an arahant, neither did the way he followed lead to arahantship….

…in the neighbourhood of the city, Pasenadi, who happened to be at Ujuññā on business, visited the Buddha. On this occasion was preached the…

…and creepers, though unconscious, yet by the season’s fulfilment, have won full growth. Why should not I, who have obtained suitable season, win…

A hell realm. It resembled a city with four gates and a wall.

5hell

…that prompted the Second Council, he was the attendant of the Elder Revata and had been twenty years in the Order. The Vajjians of Vesāli went to…

…in state palanquins. Their cities are built in the air, and among those mentioned are Āṭānāṭā, Kusināṭā, Nātapuriyā,…

…as the best of women disciples in jhāna. She is again mentioned AN.iv.347 in a list of eminent lay-women disciples, who observed the…

…boundaries are nowhere explicitly stated in Pāḷi literature. Perhaps Uttarāpatha was originally the name of a great trade-route, the northern…

…Buddha as a teacher of a discipline which he himself did not follow, a nihilist. Vajjiyamāhita refuted their arguments, maintaining that the…

…example of one who won emancipation through faith.

In the Saṃyutta, SN.iii.119ff. Vakkali fell ill while on his way to visit the Buddha at…

…of this name speaks of rejoicing while it rains outside, since he meditates in comfort in his hut. Thag.53

Two further verses ascribed to a monk…

…es….

…Sākiyan, disciple of the Nigaṇṭhas. He visits Moggallāna and they talk of the āsavas. The Buddha joins them and tells Vappa…

VaraṇāVāraṇā

A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Ārāmadaṇḍa visited Mahākaccāna. AN.i.65

Avanti3town

…that a certain forest official had given tribute to Dhaniya without the king’s special leave, he reported the man to the king and had him…

…conceit because of his facility of speech; some were spoken in praise of sermons preached by the Buddha—e.g., the Subhāsita Sutta,…

VedisaVedisagiri

A city, the home of Devī, mother of Mahinda. He and Sanghamittā were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went…

…and both Devas and Asuras decided in favour of Sakka, because Vepacitti’s verses belonged, they said, to the sphere of violence, while those of…

VepullaVipulaVaṅkakaPācīnavaṃsaSupassa

The highest of the five mountains surrounding Rājagaha. SN.i.67

• In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the mountain was called Pācīnavaṃsa
• in the time of Koṇāga …

…to get food by the exercise of his magic power or by going with the monks to Uttarakuru, but he was dissuaded by the Buddha. During this stay…

…to the Cāpāla cetiya he decided to die within three months, and informed Māra and, later, Ānanda, of his decision. The next day he left Vesāli…

…at Veḷuvana and spoke of their beliefs. Vetambarī spoke two verses, one condemning asceticism, and the other, which followed immediately on the…

…city in Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were…

…Veḷuvana when Dabba also decided to die. He went there to take leave of the Buddha. Ud.viii.9 Sāriputta and Moggallāna brought back the five…

…one of the two important principalities of the Vajjian confederacy. Its capital was Mithilā. The kingdom bordered on the Ganges, on one side of…

One of the two chief disciples of Kakusandha Buddha. DN.ii.4 SN.ii.191 He received his name because he was a peerless preacher of the Dhamma. MN.i.333

…monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of avoiding bad companions and associating with the diligent….

…later became his chief disciples. His constant attendant was Asoka; Caṇḍā and Candamittā were his chief women disciples. His chief lay…

…of the devas he sits facing east. DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221

Virūpakkha²

A family of snakes or nāgas. Vin.ii.109 AN.ii.72 They were,…

…Kings. He is the king of the south, and, in the assembly of the devas, sits facing north.DN.ii.207 DN.ii.221 He is lord of the Kumbhaṇḍas….

…the Order, she left the city and retired into the country, returning to Rājagaha after she had attained arahantship. Visākha, hearing of her…

…who wait on the sick; medicine for the sick; a constant supply of rice gruel for any needing it; and bathing robes for the nuns….

A sacrificial offering.

…Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

…lay disciple, evidently distinct from the Vāseṭṭha who became a monk. He visited the Buddha at the Kūṭagārasālā in…

VīrāCīrā

A certain lay follower gave her a robe, and a Yakkha aware of this, went about praising his piety. SN.i.213

…Kharaloma, Kharadāthika, Citta, Cittarāja, Silesaloma, Sūciloma and Hāritā; (b) their place of residence, attributes of their realms,…

…AN.v.22 Vin.ii.2371 Vin.ii.2373 The river was evidently the special resort of the Nāgas. DN.ii.259

Yamunā1river

…seven hundred monks participated; this recital was called the Sattasatī. Vin.ii.294ff.

Yasa ³

A deva, present at the preaching…

…and content, while criticizing those who live in company. Thag.243–245

The Vinaya relates Vin.i.239 how once, when Yasoja was ill, drugs…

…the third station of consciousness, they are of uniform body, but their perceptions are diverse.AN.iv.40 AN.iv.401 DN.ii.69 DN.iii.253 During…

…had large followings of disciples.SN.i.68 SN.iv.398 They had eminent followers such as high court officials. Vin.ii.166 Vin.iv.71

The doctrines…

A physician of Rājagaha who lanced the fistula of a monk. Meeting the Buddha, he told him of the lancing, trying to make fun of it. The Buddha,…

…the Buddha for the following 25 years, and participates in numerous discourses. He was one of the principal reciters at the First Council after…

A city in the Aṅguttarāpa country, probably its capital. The Buddha once visited the city with 1,250 monks and the whole company was entertained…

…his adoration of the Buddha. Thenceforward he became a disciple of Mahā Kaccāna. A.i.65–67.

…if he were aware of the accident. But the Buddha had been in a state of concentration and had neither seen nor heard anything of it. Such was the…

A city of the gods, mighty, prosperous and full of devas. DN.ii.147 DN.ii.170

It was one of the chief cities of Uttarakuru, and a royal residence of…

…he had been Āḷāra’s disciple, but who, when he hears the Buddha’s sermon, confesses faith in the Buddha. Pukkusa describes Āḷāra to the…

A city in Uttarakuru, mentioned with Kusināṭā, Parakusināṭā and Nātāpuriyā. DN.iii.200

5town

…place near Gayā. It was the residence of the Yakkha Sūciloma and the Buddha once stayed there. Snp.p.47f.…