A poor leper of Rājagaha, who, 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 he could pay homage to t …

…enacted at Rājagaha. Just before his death, the Buddha paid a last visit there. At that time, Ajātasattu was contemplating an attack on the…

The capital of the Mallas and the scene of the Buddha’s death. At that time it was a small city, “a branch-township with wattle-and-daub houses in the midst of the jungle,” and Ānanda was, at first …

…there performed a miracle before the monks; seeing them impressed, he talked to them on the holy life. SN.iii.91f. Ud.25

A curious incident is…

…decision. The next day he left Vesāli for Bhaṇḍagāma, after taking one last look at the city, “turning his whole body round, like an…

…Anāthapiṇḍika. The chief patrons of the Buddha in Sāvatthī were Anāthapiṇḍika, Visākhā, Suppavāsā and Pasenadi.

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…spent some time there, has left a vivid description of it (Buddhist India 262f). It continued to be the capital during the greater part of the…

…half asleep, and appeared before him and admonished him. AN.iv.85

On another occasion, he saw Anuruddha in the Veḷuvana in the Ceti country,…

…were seized and brought before the king, where they confessed their crime. The king sent for the heretics and compelled them to retract their…

…forehead. Thrilling with joy at the touch, Nālāgiri sank on his knees before the Buddha. The Buddha returned to Veḷuvana. Vin.ii.194f.

…was one of the chief cities of Uttarakuru, and a royal residence of Kuvera. DN.iii.201

In the Culla Vagga Vin.ii.152 the word is used as…

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 by the Jaṭila Keṇiya. Vin.i.245ff. From Āpaṇa the Bud …

…had given a royal fief in Campā to the brahmin Soṇadaṇḍa. DN.i.111

The ninth chapter of the Mahā Vagga of the Vinaya Piṭaka…

VeḷukaṇḍaVeḷukaṇṭa

A city in Avanti. Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā. AN.iv.62f.

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VaraṇāVāraṇā

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

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…were born there, and, just before he left for Ceylon, he went there to visit his mother and stayed for one month in the monastery, which was also…

…the last being the chief city.

The king of Uttarakuru is Kuvera, also called Vessavaṇa.

The country is to the north of Jambudīpa. It is…

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

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…the books contain several references Vin.i.88 Vin.i.89 Vin.i.270 Vin.iii.212 Vin.iv.63 Vin.iv.120 to the dangers of the journey when undertaken on…

SāgalaSāgalā

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

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

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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. MN.i.281ff.

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…intercourse between the chieftains of Benares and the kings of Magadha, as shown by the fact that Bimbisāra sent his own physician, Jīvaka, to…

…in Dakkhiṇāgiri refusing to join in the findings of the Rājagaha Council, and preferring to follow the Dhamma according to his own…

A lake in Kuvera’s city. DN.iii.201

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…the city lest harm should befall him, Later, Dīghīti’s place of refuge was discovered and he and his wife were being led to the place of…

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

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kasivantākapīvantā

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

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Bandhumatī¹

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

5townBandhumatī²

Wife of King Bandhumā and mother of Vipassī Buddha. DN.i.7

AmbaraambaravatīAmbara-ambaravatī

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

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

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MadhurāMathurā

The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal fami …

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 Mahāgovinda Sutta DN.ii.220.ff. it was the capital of Ava …

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

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The capital 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 Reṇu.

It was also the capital of Makhādeva …

NavanavutiyoNavanavatiya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

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A city, thirty leagues from Sāvatthī. During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Saṅkassa. The road he took passed through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, …

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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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 …

…way to the Buddha. She refused to give up her invitation for anything in the world. Just before Ambapālī’s visit to him, the Buddha…

…SN.iv.179f. In both these references the city is said to be on the Ganges; the town usually called Ayojjha (Ayodhyā) is, rather, on the Sarayū,…

…Aṅga. But this, perhaps, refers to another country.

Soṇa Koḷivisa, before he entered the Order, was a squire (paddhagu) of Aṅga….

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

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NāṭasuriyāNātapuriya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.200

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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 him. MN.i.349f. AN.v.342–347

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