…SN.i.68

References to ascetics wearing hair garments are found in several passages of the Pali canon. DN.i.167 MN.i.77 MN.i.238 AN.i.240

…identical words in several passages. DN.ii.285 SN.i.222 SN.iv.201ff. SN.v.447 MN.i.253 DN.ii.2851 DN.ii.2853

A chief or king of the Asuras is…

…four Nikāyas—namely, in a passage in the Cakkavatti-Sīhanāda Sutta of the Dīgha Nikāya, DN.iii.75 AN.i.159 but in this context there is no…

…AN.iv.61

In a Vinaya passage Vin.iv.6 the Bhāradvājagotta is mentioned together with the Kosiya as a low…

…have him murdered. In one passage in the Vinaya, Vin.ii.189 Devadatta is spoken of as Godhiputta, the son of Godhi.

When the Buddha visited…

…of the word gandhabba in passages MN.i.157 MN.i.265f. dealing with the circumstances necessary for conception. Here gandhabba means a being…

…the Kāḷasilā in Isigilipassa. There he made various vain attempts to win arahantship, achieving only temporary emancipation of mind, from…

…as Sakka. In one such passage DN.i.244–245 he is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa, Isāna, Pajāpati, Brahmā, Mahiddi and Yāma, as a god…

IsigiliIsigilapassa

One of the five mountains round Rājagaha and one of the beauty-spots of the city. DN.ii.116 There was, on one side of it, a…

…This is probably the only passage in the Pitakas where Rāhulamātā is mentioned by name.

Tradition identifies Rāhulamātā with…

…discovered by them. Similar passages are found elsewhere. SN.i.139 SN.v.167f. SN.v.185 SN.v.232 AN.ii.10f.

Sahampati once saw that the…

…of the arahant.

In a passage in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201 Sakka is represented as descending from heaven to make an enquiry about Nibbāna,…

…Saṃyutta passage SN.v.121f. contains a sutta in which the brahmin Saṅgārava visits the Buddha and asks him why he can…

…time Vepulla was called Supassa. SN.ii.192

Suppiyā²

An upāsaka of Benares. Her husband was Suppiya, and they were both greatly…

…often synonymous. In one passage AN.iii.76 the Licchavi, Mahānāma, seeing that a band of young Licchavis who had been out hunting were…

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

• In the time of Kakusandha Buddha, the…

…meaning “soul” in such passages as ettāvatā yakkhassa suddhi, Snp.478 or *ettāvat’ aggam no vadanti h’ ekā, yakkhassa suddhim idha…