…discourse on the abhidhamma or self-mastery.

Once he lay grievously ill in the Andhavana in Sāvatthī, but the pain made no impression…

…discussions regarding the Abhidhamma. AN.iii.392ff.

He was a friend of Poṭṭhapāda, and when he had returned for the sixth time to a…

…the Buddha left Pāṭaligāma, after having eaten there at the invitation of Sunidha and Vassakāra. Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6…

…for the discussion of the Abhidhamma, and was asked by Koṭṭhita to abide his time and not interrupt. Citta’s friends protested that Citta was…

The Buddha visited Pātaligāma shortly before his death. Although it later became the capital of Magadha, it was then a mere village. At that time Ajātasattu’s ministers, Sunīdha and Vassakāra, were en …

A minister of Māgadha, who, with Vassakāra, was in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built in order to repel the Vajjīs. These two are always mentioned together. They invited the Buddha to a …

…of Ajātasattu. He and Sunidha were in charge of the fortifications of Pāṭaligāma, built against the Vajjī. Vin.i.228 Ud.viii.6…

…h’ ekā, yakkhassa suddhim idha paṇḍitāse*. Snp.875

The cult of yakkhas seems to have arisen primarily from the woods and secondarily from…