Abhaya ¹

A monk whose verse concerning the bewildering effects of beautiful sights is in the Theragāthā. Thag.98

Abhaya²Abhayarājakumāra

The son of King Bimbisāra and of Padum …

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 devaputta who once visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana, in the company of Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya.

They were disciples of different teachers and, standing before the Buddh …

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…Sutta and the two Assapura Suttas. The Mahāgovinda Sutta seems to indicate that once, in the past, Dhataraṭṭha was king of Aṅga. But…

…called Kāsinagara and Kāsipura E.g., J.v.54; J.vi.165; DhA.i.87, being the capital of Kāsi. The Bhojājāniya Jātaka J.i.178 says that ’all the…

Isidatta¹

A verse uttered by Isidatta, in response to the Buddha’s enquiry regarding his welfare, is recorded in the Therāgāthā. Thag.120

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 I …

…Udumbara, and Aggalapura Vin.ii.299.

According to Hiouen Thsang, the distance from Sankassa to Kannakujja was two hundred li, or…

Kassapa¹

One of the seven Buddhas mentioned in the Canon. DN.ii.7

Among those who attained arahantship under Kassapa is mentioned Gavesī, who, with his five hundred followers, strove alwa …

…Udumbara, and Aggalapura. Vin.ii.299

Verañja to Bārāṇasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañja, Soreyya,…

…Pankadhā, AN.i.236 Venāgapura, AN.i.180 Veḷudvāra, SN.v.352 Sālā, MN.i.285 MN.i.400 SN.v.227 Sālāvatika,, DN.i.244 and Setavya….

…list, its capital being Dantapura and its king Sattabhū. DN.ii.235f.

It is not, however, included in the list of sixteen Janapadas appearing in…

A Licchavi chief, mentioned as having visited the Buddha at the Kūṭāgārasālā to ask if he had seen Sakka SN.i.230 and also to beg information as to the teachings of Pūraṇa Kassapa. SN.iii.68 This conv …

MakkhaliGosāla

One of the six heretical teachers contemporaneous with the Buddha. He held that there is no cause, either ultimate or remote, for the depravity of beings or for their rectitude. The at …

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

…identified with Janakapura, a small town within the Nepal border, north of which the Mazaffarpur and Darbhanga districts meet.

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Nanda¹Vaccha

Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524 They were declared by Purāṇa Kassapa, in his classifica …

…Hatthinika, and Sīnipura. They lived on the slopes of the Himalaya and, consorting with their sisters and their descendants, formed the…

Purāṇa¹

A monk who lived in Dakkhiṇāgiri. It is said that when he visited Rājagaha after the holding of the First Council, he was asked to give his approval to the “findings” of the same. …

Pūraṇa Kassapa

One of the six well known teachers, contemporaneous with the Buddha. He is said to have taught the doctrine of non-action, denying the result of good or bad actions. DN.i.52f.

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…Udumbara and Aggalapura, reached Sahajāti. There the monks met him and consulted him regarding the “Ten Points.

He enquired into…

…were, respectively, Dantapura, Potana, Māhissatī, Roruka, Mithilā, Campā and Bārāṇasī. Reṇu himself occupied the central kingdom….

…Udumbara and Aggalapura. Sahajāti was on the river, and the Vajjiputtakas went there from Vesāli by boat. Vin.ii.299–301

In the…

…time. (Cf. Indra’s epithet Purandara, destroyer of cities)

• Sakka, because he gives generously and thoroughly (sakkaccaṃ). Sakra occurs many…

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

…through Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, Udumbara and Aggālapura. Vin.ii.299f.

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

One of the sixteen Great Nations. It is mentioned with Maccha, and was located in the south of the Kuru country. Its capital was Mathurā. It is famous in the Epics and the Purānas because of its conne …

The fourth of the six deva worlds. AN.i.210

Four hundred years of human life are equal to one day of the Tusita world and four thousand years, so reckoned, is the term of life of a deva born in Tusit …

A village. Revata went there from Kaṇṇakujja and stopped there before proceeding to Aggalapura and Sahajāti. Thither the Elders followed him to ask his opinion on the Vajjian heresy. Vin.ii.299

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…the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.i.180f. a Vacchagotta who is a wanderer visits the Buddha at Venāgapura, where he was at the head of the…

A brahmin village of Kosala, where the Buddha preached the Venāga Sutta. AN.i.180

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Veḷuvana¹Veṇuvana

A park near Rājagaha, the pleasure garden of Bimbisāra. When the Buddha first visited Rājagaha, after his Enlightenment, he stayed at the Latthivanuyyāna. Vin.i.35 The da …

…Udumbara, Aggalapura and Sahajāti. Having found Revata, he questioned him regarding the ten points, and obtained from him promise of…

A deva who visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana accompanied by Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Vetambarī and Mānava-Gāmiya. Ākoṭaka spoke before the Buddha in praise of various teachers of other schools: Pakuddha-K …