…of the Tālacchiggalūpama Sutta, SN.v.455 MN.iii.169 he became a Stream-enterer and afterwards attained arahantship. Thag.26 The…

…the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.i.226f. we find Ānanda asking the Buddha how far Abhibhū’s powers bore relation to those of a…

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

A class of devas mentioned among those assembled on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…in the Kassapa-Sīhanāda Sutta. DN.i.161ff. After the usual four months’ probation, he joined the Order and in due course became an arahant….

…repeats this conversation to the Buddha who thereupon preaches the Dantabhūmi Sutta. MN.iii.128ff.

The novice is throughout addressed as…

A river, the modern Rāpti in Uttar Pradesh; one of the pañca-mahānadī, Vin.ii.237 the five great rivers flowing from the Himālaya eastwards…

…evidently Adhvaryu…

A Brahmin of Sāvatthī. A verse addressed by him to some corpulent monks is found in the Theragāthā. Thag.114

…preaches to him the Vasala Sutta (or, as it is sometimes called, the Aggika Bhāradvāja Sutta), and wins him over to the faith….

…Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta, MN.i.229f. MN.i.237f. and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka. MN.i.497f.

In the Dantabhūmi Sutta…

…Vin.iii.224 The Vaṅgīsa Sutta was preached there to Vaṅgīsa, on the occasion of the death of his preceptor, Nigrodhakappa. Snp.59f. In the…

…mentioned in the Sutta-Nipāta list. Snp.p.126 It is the name given to a period of suffering in Avīci and is equivalent in duration to…

…there that Yasa Kākandakaputta saw him. The meeting of arahants to discuss what measures should be taken against the Vesālī monks was also held…

…DN.ii.267

The Brahmā Sutta SN.v.167 and the Magga Sutta, SN.v.185 both on the four satipaṭṭhāna, and another Brahmā Sutta SN.v.232f.…

…by the naked ascetic Pātikaputta to the effect that he had been born in the Mahāniraya as a result of having followed the teaching of the Buddha….

…in the Sāmaññaphala Sutta. In the Saṃyutta SN.iv.398 he is represented as talking about the rebirths of his adherents—he who denied…

…in the Theragāthā. Thag.20

The Ajita-pucchā are referred to in the Saṃyutta, SN.ii.47f. where they are expounded by the Buddha to…

…DN.ii.72f. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as saying that the time would come when the Vajjians would relinquish their strenuous…

…the Mahāpadāna Sutta DN.ii.52f. the Buddha mentions that he visited their abode and conversed with beings who were born there as a…

A grove in Cātumā where the Buddha preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta.

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…Sutta. MN.i.414ff. From the context it appears as though Ambalaṭṭhikā was within walking distance from the…

…age and death.

The Saṃyutta also records a conversation that took place between Anuruddha and Sāriputta during a stay in Ambapālivana….

AmbaraambaravatīAmbara-ambaravatī

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

5town

…where the Sakkapañha Sutta was preached. On the occasion of the preaching, as Sakka with his retinue came to visit the Buddha, the village…

…in the Ambaṭṭha Sutta. DN.i.87ff. Once, at the request of his teacher, he visited the Buddha in the Icchānadkala wood and seems to…

…Soma, AN.iii.358 and Sāriputta, AN.v.9 the last-mentioned experiencing a special kind of samādhi where he realised that bhavanirodha was…

A class of devas mentioned as having been present on the occasion of the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.160

…at Anupiya and it was then that he preached the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

???2town

…again in the Naḷakapāna Sutta, MN.i.462ff. though a large number of distinguished monks are present, it is to Anuruddha that the Buddha…

One of the four great continents into which the earth is divided. According to the Aṅguttara Nikāya, AN.i.227 AN.v.59 each cakkavāla (world-system) has an Aparagoyāna.

5continent

One of the Pacceka Buddhas mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

…of silver.“ And yet Aputtaka ate nothing except sour husk-gruel left over from the previous day and wore only hempen garments.

In the next…

…brahmin teacher. In the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.136–138 we are told that among Araka’s pupils those who followed his teachings were born in…

…and Jotipāla. In the Aṅguttara AN.iv.135f. a seventh name is added, Araka.

They practised harmlessness and, abstaining from flesh, got rid…

…of the Alagaddūpama Sutta. MN.i.130ff.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.314–315 Ariṭṭha is mentioned as having said to the Buddha…

A class of devas who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.

They were like azure flowers in hue (ummāpupphanibhāsino). DN.ii.260

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

They were…

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. They are mentioned together with the Yama twins. DN.ii.259

…the worst soil.

Asibandhakaputta is said to be a disciple of the Jains, and tells the Buddha that, according to Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta SN.iv.317…

…is given in the Assalāyana Sutta. MN.ii.154ff. Once there were seven brahmin sages living in thatched cabins in the wilds. They conceived the…

…for the conversion of Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Sāriputta, in the course of his wanderings, saw Assaji begging for alms in Rājagaha, and being…

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

…mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260 It does not, however; occur in the list of twelve countries given…

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

A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…for the horse-trainer whose visit to the Buddha is recorded in the Assa Sutta. He is described as a gāmani (head man of a village)….

…Kaccāna

• Nanda Kumāraputta
• Soṇa Kuṭikaṇṇa
• Dhammapāla
• Abhayarājakumāra
• Isidatta and Isidāsī

Mahā Kaccāna seems to have…

…who was staying in the Gundā Grove in Madhurā.

Their discussion is recorded in the Madhura Sutta. MN.ii.83–90

It is said that after the…

…of purgatories given in the Sutta Nipāta Snp.126–131 and in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.152 It is, however, found in a poem in the Itivuttaka It89 which…

…he preached the Phena Sutta SN.iii.140ff. and on the other the Dārukkhandha Sutta, although the latter is said in some manuscripts to have…

…were preached the Sāketa Sutta and the Jarā Sutta.

When Ānanda was staying there a nun of the Jaṭila persuasion visited him and questioned…

…the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, Koṇḍañña won the Fruit of the First Path. As he was the first among humans to realise the Dhamma the Buddha…

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

…the Aṅgulimāla Sutta he is addressed by Pasenadi as Gagga Mantānīputta, his father being a Gagga.

It was on his account that the…

…tour. Snp.102f.

Other suttas preached here are the Potaliya MN.i.359 and the Laṭukikopama. MN.i.447

Āpaṇa seems to have been the chief…

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

4town

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

…to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and,…

…where the Buddha is said to have stayed. AN.i.274 AN.v.79 The Kinti Sutta was preached there. MN.ii.238

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…in the Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta. MN.i.349ff. AN.v.342ff.

Beluva was a small village, and when the Buddha was there the monks stayed in…

…Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta in the company of Ānanda, with whom he discussed the righteous and the unrighteous life SN.v.15f. and the…

…among monks of aristocratic birth. AN.i.23 He belonged to a family of the Sākyan rājas of Kapilavatthu…

…this action and preached to him the Bhaddāli Sutta.

…“caste.” In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.36 SN.i.60 the Buddha addresses Ghaṭīkāra Brahmā as “Bhaggava”; he had been a potter of…

…and their conversation is recorded in the Pātika Sutta. DN.iii.1ff.

…his stomach, MN.i.332 and it was there that he preached the Anumāna Sutta. MN.i.95

between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.2region

…as staying with Jātipupphiya at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, but he is probably a different person.

…by Māra and he preached the Māratajjanīya Sutta. MN.i.332

…country, modern Vidarbha.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.6f. the devaputta Rohitassa says that he was a Bhojaputta in his previous birth.

…and also the Vāseṭṭha Sutta. Snp.p.115ff. MN.ii.197f.

Bhāradvāja later became the Buddha’s follower.DN.i.252 Snp.p.123 The Aggañña…

…to the Pabbajā Sutta Snp.405ff. the first meeting between the Buddha and Bimbisāra took place in Rājagaha under the…

…in the Bodhirājakumāra Sutta.

Bodhi was the son of Udena, king of Kosambi, and his mother was the daughter of Candappajjota. Bodhi was skilled…

…eminent laywoman. The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iv.259 AN.iv.347 records a visit paid by her to the Buddha at Jetavana. The Buddha then preached to…

…two led to the preaching of the Brahmajāla Sutta. DN.i.1

…twenty, he sent his pupil Uttara to discover if the Buddha had on his body the marks of a Mahāpurisa. Uttara therefore visited the Buddha and,…

…SNA. on the Khaggavisāna Sutta contains the names of several kings of Benares who renounced the world and became Pacceka Buddhas).

The name…

The son of Sudinna Kalandakaputta by the wife of his lay days. He was conceived after Sudinna had already been ordained. His wife came to him during…

…the Mahāpadāna Sutta it would appear that the birth of a Cakkavatti is attended by the same miracles as that of the birth of a…

…the validity and otherwise of formal acts of the Saṅgha.

The Soṇadaṇḍa, the Dasuttara, the Kandaraka and the Kāraṇḍava Suttas were…

…preached the Bhaddekaratta Sutta in Tāvatiṃsā.MN.iii.199f. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.53 records a conversation between Candana and the…

A discourse on the teaching of Devadatta, delivered by Candikāputta to the monks, is recorded in the Silāyūpa Sutta. AN.iv.402f.

The name of the devaputta whose abode is the moon (Canda), sometimes also called Candimā. There are other devas besides Canda who dwell in the…

…him, and on that occasion was preached the Saṅgārava Sutta. MN.ii.209f.

Kosala3town

…and on this occasion was preached the Caṅkī Sutta. MN.ii.164f.

…The Janavasabha Sutta DN.ii.200 leads us to infer that the Buddha visited the Ceti country several times. The Saṃyutta Nikāya…

A royal clan of Nāgas. Vin.ii.110 AN.ii.72

…He was visited by Sāriputta and Mahā Cunda, and when they discovered that he contemplated suicide, they tried to deter him, promising to…

…monk, son of an elephant trainer, who, having entered the Order, studied under the Buddha and…

…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…

…According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.161f. Cunda attended Sāriputta in his last illness and, after his death, brought to the Buddha at…

…where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Cātuma Sutta. MN.i.456f.

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…and in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, they appear as protectors not only of the Buddha but also of his followers.

The Four Kings appear to have been…

An arahant. With the Buddha’s sanction, and wishing to be of service to the Order, he took upon himself the task of appointing night’s-lodgings to travelling monks and of directing them to meals. He …

…was visited both by Sāriputta and by Moggallāna during a tour in the district. AN.iv.64 In Dakkhiṇāgiri, Sāriputta heard of the lack of…

…is spoken of.

The Sutta Nipata Commentary ii.580 seems to explain Dakkhinapatha as the road leading to the Dakkhinajanapada, while the…

…in the Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta. Later, assembling the monks from Pāṭaliputta and Vesāli, he entertained them and presented each with two…

…he preached the Udāna Sutta in answer to a question by Ānanda, as to how the Buddha knew of the unregenerate wickedness of Devadatta….

…once is mention made AN.iv.402f. of the text of a sermon by Devadatta. Candikāputta reports this to Sāriputta, who makes it an occasion for a…

One of the Yakkha chiefs mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta. DN.iii.204

…given in the Cūḷavedalla Sutta. MN.i.299ff. Visākha reported this interview to the Buddha, who praised her great wisdom and commended her…

…According to the Aṅguttara. AN.iii.366ff. Dhammika had to leave seven lodgings, one after the other, because the lay supporters of the…

…of the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta.

Dhataraṭṭha²

There were two kings of this name, contemporaries…

A devaputta who visits the Buddha at Jetavana and tells him that an arahant has to work hard for nothing. The Buddha points out to him that there…

…is mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.127ff. as having been sent by the monks of Kosambī to Khemaka, carrying messages to and fro till…

A devaputta who once visited the Buddha at the Kalandakanivāpa in Veḷuvana and spoke a verse. SN.i.52

…He visited the Buddha at Sūkarakhatalena and the Buddha preached to him the Dīghanakha Sutta, at the end of which he became a sotāpanna….

…follower of Nāṭaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Nāḷandā, and there followed a discussion on actions and their efficiency….

…the Mahā Niraya. The story is given in the Māratajjanīya Sutta MN.i.333ff. Thag.1187–1191

…year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and preached to Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta which bears his name and which converted…

…the Tevijja-Vacchagotta Sutta was preached. MN.i.481f.

25.990761,85.0863652non-Buddhist monasteryEkapuṇḍarīka²

An elephant…

…with Virūpakkhas, Chabbyāputtas, and Kaṇhāgotamakas. For their own protection, monks are advised to fill their hearts with amity for these…

In the Dhammika Sutta. Snp.379 Erāvaṇa is mentioned among the devas who visited the Buddha to pay him homage. He is also mentioned among the…

…follower of Uddaka-Rāmaputta. In his retinue were Yamaka, Moggalla, Ugga, Nāvindakī, Gandhabba, and Aggivessa, all of whom were also…

…the latter addresses him as Gagga Mantāniputta. MN.ii.102

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

An attendant of King Eḷeyya and a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.203 DN.iii.204 the Gandhabbas are mentioned among those likely to trouble monks and nuns in their…

…of the Ādittapariyāya Sutta they all became arahants. Vin.i.33f. Gayā-Kassapa is reported Thag.345f. to have said that he used to bathe…

…taught the Adittapariyāya Sutta . Vin.i.34f. SN.iv.19f. AA.i.57 PvA.21 Ud.i.9 DhA.i.72

When Devadatta managed to win over five hundred of the…

…the Gaṇaka-Moggallāna Sutta, after which, it is said, he became the Buddha’s follower. MN.iii.1ff. His name and his teaching seem to…

…scriptures were arranged before the development of the Tipiṭaka. It includes all the suttas composed in verse, especially the whole…

A Sākiyan of Kapilavatthu, who built a monastery attached to the Nigrodhārāma. There the Mahā Suññatā Sutta was preached. MN.iii.110

…to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.i.35f. Ghaṭīkāra visited the Buddha some time after the Enlightenment and the Buddha reminded…

…in the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. At the conclusion of the talk he declared himself converted and wished to offer to Udena the daily allowance of…

…well-known suttas were preached on Gijjhakūṭa—e.g., the Māgha, Dhammika and Chaḷabhijāti Suttas, the discourse on the…

…of his delight in meditating in his small hut while it rains. Thag.325–329

The Giri Sutta was preached in reference to Girimānanda, when he lay…

…in the Janavasabha Sutta and the Giñjakāvasatha Sutta, SN.v.356f. which was preached at the same place, the Buddha is represented as…

A Sākiyan. A conversation between him and Mahānāma the Sākiyan is recorded in the Godha Sutta. SN.v.371

Probably the mother of Devadatta, who is sometimes called Godhiputta. Vin.ii.189

…to the Saṃyutta SN.i.120f. account, Godhika lived on the Kāḷasilā in Isigilipassa. There he made various vain attempts to…

…Monks coming to Rājagaha from afar were provided with lodging there, and Dabba Mallaputta was put in charge of these arrangements. Vin.ii.76…

…Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta, where he was given a set of robes. Vin.i.300

Gopaka³

A deva. A series of verses attributed to Gopaka…

…monks, among whom were Sāriputta, Moggallāna and others, their conversation led to the preaching of the Mahāgosiṅga Sutta….

…Vin.i.230 Ud.viii.6 DN.ii.89

Pāṭaliputta2building

…It was on his account that the Gulissāni Sutta was preached. MN.i.469

…and was visited by Avantiputta, king of Madhurā, to whom he preached the Madhurā Sutta, MN.ii.83f. and by the brahmin Kandarāyana….

Guttā

A bhikkhunī to whom several Therīgāthā verses are addressed, encourageing her to overcome the defliments that have long kept her trapped in suffering. Thig.163–168

…preached the Kukkuravatika Sutta to Puṇṇa-koliyaputta and Seniya Kukkuravatika. MN.i.387 Another Buddha is also mentioned as having preached a…

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

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of taming this mind like an elephant. Thag.77

…DN.iii.204

He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.256

He was the friend of Sātāgira.

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

…of the Mahāsamaya Sutta, at the head of one hundred thousand other Brahmās. DN.ii.261

Hārita²

A monk whose Theragāthā…

…in the Vāseṭṭha Sutta Snp.p.115ff. MN.ii.146ff.

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.325 the Buddha once stayed for three…

…Further on in the same sutta, Inda is mentioned with Soma, Varuṇa and others as a Yakkha, to whom appeal should be made by disciples of the…

…Jambudipa, the others being Uttarapancala and Kekaka J.ii.213, 214.

According to a verse found at the end of the Buddhavamsa Bu.xxviii.11, the…

…him and asked him the questions recorded in the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.263

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…to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.iv.283–288 Isidatta was once staying with a number of senior monks at Macchikāsaṇḍa in the…

…of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. The Buddha questioned them as to their practises and preached to them the above-mentioned Sutta, which he…

…the two Pāsa Suttas SN.i.105f.

• the Samaya Sutta AN.iii.320ff.
• the Kaṭuviya Sutta AN.i.279f.
• a discourse on the…

One of the nine divisions (aṅga) into which the Buddha’s preaching was classified in the early texts.

…at the head. DN.iii.75

The Buddha once declared that the people of Jambudīpa excel those of both Uttarakuru and Tāvatiṃsā in three…

A wanderer. The Saṃyutta Nikāya records visits paid by him to Sāriputta at Nālakagāma and discussions between them on various topics, such as…

…the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned as a Yakkha chieftain to be invoked by the Buddha’s followers in time of need.

He is…

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

5town

A devaputta. He saw a number of monks in a forest-lodge on the slopes of the Himālaya, muddled in mind, loose of speech and heedless. He appeared…

…and the Buddha’s answer are found in the Jatukaṇṇi Sutta Snp.1007 Snp.1096–1100

…is recorded in the Bhūmiya Sutta. In this case we are told that Jayasena was pleased with the discourse and entertained Bhūmiya to his own dish of…

…goes to the Buddha and asks him the questions given in the Jaṭā Sutta. The Buddha gives the same answer. SN.i.165

…monk whose Theragāthā verses speak of his former pride and arrogance and how these have been left behind due…

…was the Buddha in a previous life. DN.ii.232–251 He is twice mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.372 AN.iv.135 in a list of ancient…

…According to the Pātika Sutta, when Jāliya heard that Pātika could not come to hold a discussion with the Buddha at Vesāli, he went to the…

…AN.iii.36f.

The Sutta Vibhaṅga Vin.iii.37f. contains the story of an arahant on whom a woman committed a misdemeanour while he was…

…the Cūḷahatthipadopama Sutta. The Buddha also preached to Jāṇussoṇi the Bhayabherava Sutta. MN.i.16ff. Jāṇussoṇi’s permanent…

…is recorded in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iv.222f.

At Jīvaka’s request, the Buddha enjoined upon monks to take exercise; Jīvaka had…

…one such occasion Ajātasattu visited the Buddha and the Sāmaññaphala Sutta was preached. DN.i.47ff.

24.995316,85.435411monastery

…is mentioned in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.18ff. as visiting the Buddha at Sāvatthī and questioning him on right view. The Buddha’s…

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

…Thag.1187 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.190f. mentions that during the time of Kakusandha, the Mount Vepulla of Rājagaha was named…

KallavāḷaputtaKallavālaKanavālamutta

A village in Māgadha. Mahā-Moggallāna lived there immediately after his ordination, and on the seventh…

…but, evidently, to the Uttarāpatha. AN.i.213 AN.iv.252 AN.iv.256 AN.iv.260

In the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149 it is stated that in Yona and…

…and the Ānañjasappāya Sutta. MN.ii.26 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.107f. contains a discourse on handling experiences by way of casual…

…the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta. MN.i.91f.

The Dakkhiṇā-vibhaṅga Sutta was preached as the result of a visit to the Buddha by…

…On one occasion Sāriputta, having recently shaved his head, was seated there wrapt in samādhi, and a yakkha, passing overhead with his…

…Nikāya SN.iii.169f. two suttas are connected him, in both of which he asks the Buddha how it is possible to cultivate knowledge and thought so…

…in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta as being one of the chief Yakkhas who should be invoked by followers of the Buddha when they need protection….

A building in the Jetavana where the Mahāpadāna Sutta was taught. DN.ii.1ff.

Jetavana3building

kasivantākapīvantā

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

5town

…at Vehaliṅga. The same sutta bears evidence of the great regard Kassapa had for Ghaṭīkāra.

Kassapa²

A monk whose admonition by…

…Kokālika, Khaṇḍadevīputta and Samuddadatta Vin.ii.196 Vin.iii.171 Katamorakatissa was held in high esteem by Thullanandā, for we are told…

…Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.71

…is given in the Kantakī Sutta. SN.v.298f. The Buddha also stayed in this grove, and a sermon preached by him to the monks is recorded in the…

…the Kassapasīhanāda Sutta, DN.i.161 and again by Pasenadi, king of Kosala; to him he preached the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta….

KesamuttaKesaputta

A township of the Kosalans and the residence of the Kālāmas. The Buddha once stayed there, on which occasion he preached the…

…him. The interview is recorded in the Kevaṭṭa Sutta. DN.i.211ff.

…to the Sutta Nipāta Snp.p.104 MN.ii.146f. it was owing to the elaborate preparations made by Keṇiya for the meal to the…

…the Buddha on his doctrine, as recorded in the Sūciloma Sutta. SN.i.207f. Snp.p.47f.

…Khaṇḍadeviyāputta defended Devadatta when others blamed him Vin.iii.174 and was held in great esteem by Thullanandā. Vin.iii.66…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke several verses on the desirability of leading the good life….

A mango grove near Benares. Udena once stayed there and preached the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. MN.ii.157

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A class of gods, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…ascetics of Pāṭaliputta. Thag.234–236 He was evidently one of the Pācīnaka (’Eastern“) monks who proclaimed the ten indulgences at…

The Buddha declared her foremost among lay women by reason of her extensive knowledge. A.i.26

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

…pleasance, and there he preached the Kūṭadanta Sutta. DN.i.127

Māgadha3town

…preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta in the Palāsavana at Naḷakapāna. MN.i.462ff.

In three different places in the Aṅguttara Nikāya…

…in a bamboo grove where the Buddha stayed and where the Kimbila and Kimbilā Suttas were preached. AN.iii.247 SN.iv.181f. SN.v.322

Ayojjhā3park

…in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta, to be invoked when disciples of the Buddha are worried by evil spirits. DN.iii.204 He is one of the vassals of…

…of Paṭācārā.

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.129f. records a visit paid to her by Māra as she sat resting in Andhavana. He was forced to retire…

An epithet of Kakudha, Moggallāna’s attendant. Vinii.185

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

…naked ascetic in Uttarakā. He bellowed like a dog, walked on all fours, and licked up food with his mouth only. Sunakkhatta saw him and…

…to the combatants. The Sutta Nipāta Snp.405 AN.i.276 speaks of the Buddha’s birthplace as belonging to the Kosalans. Elsewhere. MN.ii.124…

…Ud.iv.5 and in the Saṃyutta, SN.iii.94 but the reason given in these texts is that he found Kosambī uncomfortable owing to the vast number of…

…in literature, e.g. Uttara, the residence of the headman Pāṭaliya;. SN.iv.340 Sajjanela, residence of Suppavāsā;. AN.ii.62 Sāpūga,…

…discples were Bhiyyosa and Uttara, and he had an assembly of 30,000 monks, all arahants. His attendant was Sotthija, his father was Yaññadatta,…

…the Buddha went to Nādikā. Vin.i.230f. DN.ii.90f.

According to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.v.431 Koṭigāma was a village of the…

A park in Pāṭaliputta. It was evidently the residence of monks from very early times, probably, for some time, of the Buddha himself. The…

…outside Rājagaha. He was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta with a train of over one hundred thousand. DN.ii.257

…preaching of the Vammika Sutta. MN.i.143ff.

Two verses of deep significance ascribed to Kumāra-Kassapa are found in the Theragāthā….

…Sutta, the Anañjasappāya Sutta, the Sammosa Sutta and the Ariyavasā Sutta. All these were preached at Kammāssadhamma, which is described as a…

…and the “Kinti” Sutta. MN.ii.238f. A third Kusinārā Sutta he preached while staying at Upavattana. AN.ii.79 Ud.iv.2

The people of…

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

town

KuveraKubera

King of Uttarakuru. His royal residence is Āḷakamandā and his citadel Visāṇā. His messengers are Tatolā, Tattolā, Tatotalā,…

…food tickets. AN.i.24

Kuṇḍadhāna was among those to whom the Buddha preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta, and was therefore probably a friend of…

A vassal of the Cātummahārājikas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…occasion the Buddha preached the Mahā-Suññatā Sutta. MN.iii.109

…included in the list of sixteen Janapadas appearing in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.i.213

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…which was called Kesaputta. The sermon preached by the Buddha on his visit to Kesaputta is justly famous. AN.i.188ff. Among members of this…

…recorded in the Kāmabhū Sutta. SN.iv.165 Two other suttas bearing the same name record visits paid to Kāmabhū by Cittagahapati at…

A devaputta who visited the Buddha and told him that the path of the Ariyan disciples was hard to follow and their goal hard to win. The Buddha…

…the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.258 he is mentioned among the vassals of the Four Great Kings-versed in craft, hoodwinking wizards, clever…

…detailed in the Caṅkī Sutta. At the end of the discussion the youth declared himself a disciple of the Buddha. MN.ii.168ff. In the Sutta the…

…they would ask Dabba Mallaputta to find them lodgings there because they wished to see evidence of Dabba’s iddhi-powers. Vin.ii.76…

…Udāyī asks Ānanda to explain in detail a question which is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.48 as having been asked of the Buddha by…

…related in the Kakacūpama Sutta. MN.i.125f.

Kāḷī³

A Māra-woman, sister of Dūsī and mother of the Māra of the present age….

…of monks, including Sāriputta and Moggallāna, the Assajipunabbasukā, were asked to provide lodgings for the visitors. They agreed to do so for…

…on the holding of sacrifices. The Buddha preached to him the Kūṭadanta Sutta. At the end of the discourse he became a Sotāpanna….

…and the Mahā-Saccaka Suttas; MN.i.227ff. MN.i.237ff. the householder Ugga of Vesāli, acclaimed by the Buddha for the possession of eight…

…to the admonitions of Sāriputta and to the Buddha’s joy when these had the desired effect.

The Buddha ranked him as foremost among sweet voiced…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…Cāpāla, Sattambaka, Bahuputta, Gotama, Sārandada and Udena. It is, however, apparent from the Buddhist books themselves that Vesāli was also a…

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

…him on the Bhaddekaratta Sutta. When Lomasakaṅgiya again confessed his ignorance, Candana taught him the verses, and then the former packed his…

The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions an interview between an Elder of this name and the Sākyan Mahānāma. Mahānāma asks the Elder if the learner’s…

…the Buddha was born. In the Sutta Nipāta Snp.683 it is stated that the Buddha was born in a village of the Sākyans, in the Lumbineyya…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…place was visited by Sāriputta and Moggalāna and also by Acela Kassapa. SN.iv.300

According to the Vinaya, Vin.ii.15f. they were accompanied…

…wishing to put Dabba Mallaputta’s powers to the test, would often ask him to provide lodging there for them. Vin.ii.76…

…the king of the city, Avantiputta, MN.ii.83 and the brahmin Kandarāyana. AN.i.67 Already in the Buddha’s time there were, in and around Madhurā,…

…during his stay there with Ānanda he preached the Makhādeva Sutta. MN.ii.74

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…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…

…Saṅkheyya Mountain where Uttara is said to have stayed, in Dhavajālika vihāra. AN.iv.162

on the Saṅkheyya Mountain in Dhavajālika…

…the two last being in Uttarāpatha.

Twelve countries are mentioned in the Dīgha Nikāya, DN.ii.200 in which the last four are…

…Kāḷī, Samiddhi, Uttara and Valliya.AN.iii.314 AN.iii.321 AN.v.225 MN.iii.223 The verses attributed to him in the Theragāthā speak of…

…in the company of Sāriputta, and it is said Thag.1086 that once, seeing the profound homage the gods payed to his colleague, he smiled by way…

…seek alms. Ud.iii.7

Sāriputta seems to have held Kassapa in great esteem, and the Kassapa Saṃyutta contains two discussions between them: one…

…is the questioner and Sāriputta the instructor.

One sutta SN.iv.145–147 records a “lesson” given by the Buddha to Koṭṭhita on…

…from Mahāli having heard the Sakkapañha Sutta.

…Moggallāna and Sāriputta was mutual, as was the admiration. Sāriputta’s verses in praise of Moggallāna Thag.1178–1181 are even more…

…the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta and Sekha Sutta, both preached to Mahānāma.

Mahānāma is included in a list of exemplary lay devotees….

…to the Nandakovāda Sutta. Later, at an assembly of monks and nuns in Jetavana, the Buddha declared Pajāpatī chief of those who were long…

…in the Mahāpurisa Sutta SN.v.158 and the Vassakāra Sutta. AN.ii.35f.

Bāvarī had three Mahāpurisalakkhaṇā; he could touch his…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.26

…preached the Mahāsamaya Sutta and the Madhupiṇḍika Sutta.

27.57037,83.020933parkMahāvana³

A forest on the outskirts of…

A king of long ago, whose exemplary sacrifice, held under the direction of his chaplain, is narrated in the Kūṭadanta Sutta.

…is told in the Makhadeva Sutta. MN.ii.74ff. He was a righteous king who observed the uposatha, together with his people. When a grey hair…

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

…and Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta appear to have had followers among the Mallas. Pāvā was the scene of Nāṭaputta’s death, just as Kusinārā…

…the north of the village, and, during one such stay, preached the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.235

in Kosala on the banks of the Aciravatī3town

…the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was preached the Dhammacetiya Sutta. This was the last time that Pasenadi saw the…

…Tissa of the Tissa Metteyya Sutta. His personal name, too, was Tissa, but he was better known by his clan name of Metteyya. In a verse in the…

…morality against Dabba Mallaputta, who seems to have earned their special dislike. Dabba was in charge of the distribution of alms at the ārāma…

…is…

A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…left Bhaddiya for Aṅguttarāpa, Meṇḍaka gave orders to his servants and followed the Buddha with abundant provisions of all sorts,…

…Thag.417–422

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.35f. contains two discussions which he had with the Buddha; the second was a teaching in brief…

…the work.

Numerous suttas were preached there; chief among these were the Aggañña, the Uṭṭhāna, the Ariyapariyesanā, and the…

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

…there the Makhādeva Sutta MN.ii.74 and the Brahmāyu Sutta. MN.ii.133

It was also in Mithilā that the Therī Vāsetthī Thig.135 first met…

A man in the retinue of King Eḷeyya. He was a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.187

…Theragāthā verses the Buddha asks how he fares in the cold. Thag.207–208

The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a stanza spoken by Mogharāja and…

…and the Culla Sakūladāyi Suttas were preached there. DN.iii.36ff. MN.ii.1 MN.ii.29

The Moranivāpa was on the bank of the Sumāgadhā and the…

…MN.i.122ff.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.12f. is recorded a discussion between Moliya Phagguna and the Buddha, regarding the consciousness…

…is recorded in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.356 There he asks the Buddha if the claims made with regard to the Dhamma are justified. The…

A grove in Kajaṅgalā. It was there that the Buddha preached the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. MN.iii.298

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…is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.ii.115f. between him and Savittha, which is said to have taken place in Ghositārāma in Kosambī,…

Muttā ¹

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of being freed. Thig.2

Muttā ²

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verse speaks of being freed from three crooked things. Thig.11

M …

…is referred to in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. AN.iii.57ff. His wife Bhaddā died, and Muṇḍa gave himself up to complete despair and mummified…

…reigned. Later, Pāṭaliputta became the capital. By the time of Bimbisāra, Aṅga, too, formed a part of Māgadha, and he was known as king of…

…Sutta Nipāta contains a dialogue between Māgaṇḍiya and the Buddha. Snp.1011–1023 The Buddha starts with an…

…of him.

In the Mālunkyāputta Sutta in the Aṅguttara, Māluṅkyāputta comes to the Buddha in his old age and asks for a teaching in brief….

…day. According to the sutta, Māradevaputta was evidently regarded as a being of great power, with a strong bent for mischief, especially…

…the Mahāsamaya Sutta, DN.ii.258 Mātali is described as a Gandhabba chief, while in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is…

MātulaMatula

A village in Māgadha, where the Buddha stayed and where he preached the Cakkavattisīhanāda Sutta. Aiii.58

Māgadha3town

…of the birth is given in the Acchariya-abbhuta Sutta. MN.iii.118ff.

…devaputta. He visited the Buddha in the company of Asama, Sahali, Ninka, Ākoṭaka and Vetambarī, and while these all…

…in the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.118

The Buddha evidently once stayed in Nagaraka, for in the Cūḷa-Suññatā Sutta, Ānanda is…

A brahmin village in Kosala where the Buddha once stayed during a tour and where he preached the Nagaravindeyya Sutta. M.iii.290

Kosala3town

…AN.iii.295ff.

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iii.1 SN.iv.116 AN.iv.268 contains records of conversations between Nakulapitā and the Buddha. Both…

…devaputta who visited the Buddha and had a conversation with him. S.i.62.

Nanda⁶Kumāputta

A monk whose…

…with sinful heart.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya attributes two discourses to Nandaka. The first AN.i.193f. was preached at the Migāramātupāsāda…

Nandana¹

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and asked him questions regarding virtue, wisdom, etc. The Buddha answered…

…to them that the Upakkilesa Sutta was preached. MN.iii.155 Later, they seem to have lived in the Gosiṅgasālavana. MN.i.205 His Theragāthā verse…

A bhikkhunī whose Therīgāthā verses speak of her former useless practice of austerities and her current state of Awakening. Thig.87–91

NavanavutiyoNavanavatiya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

5town

…preached the Naḷakapāna Sutta. MN.i.462 There were two groves near the village, the Ketakavana and the Palāsavana; in the latter, Sāriputta…

…NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the…

…the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta. DN.iii.36ff. The discussion is also referred to in the Kassapa Sīhanāda Sutta. DN.i.175f. There Nigrodha is…

…the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandha Sutta was preached. During one of the Buddha’s residences in Nigrodhārāma, the Sākyans invited him to consecrate…

A Thera mentioned as staying at the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. Vin.i.300

Hell. The Saṃyutta and Aṅguttara Nikāyas and the Sutta Nipāta contain a list of hells: Abbuda, Nirabbuda, Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda,…

NiṅkaNika

A deva who visits the Buddha in the company of several other devas and utters a verse in praise of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. SN.i.65f.

The Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.72ff. gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that…

…Erāpatha, Chabyāputta and Kaṇhāgotamaka. The enmity between the Nāgas and the Garulas is proverbial. DN.ii.258 In the…

…the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.83

One day, when entering the city for alms, he saw a nautch girl gaily dressed, dancing to the…

…Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta. At that time King Muṇḍa was grieving over the death of his wife, Bhaddā, to the neglect of everything else,…

The followers of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta. DN.iii.117

One of King Eḷeyya’s guards. He was a follower of Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…was situated the Bahuputta cetiya. SN.ii.220

According to the Kevaṭṭa Sutta, DN.i.211 in the Buddha’s time Nāḷandā was already an…

NāṭasuriyāNātapuriya

A city in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.200

5town

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

Servant of Kuvera. He takes Kuvera’s messages and makes them known in Uttarakuru. DN.iii.201

…the Ambaṭṭha Sutta DN.i.92 it is stated that Okkāka, being fond of his queen and wishing to transfer the kingdom to her son,…

…Gandhabba chieftain, who was among those present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258 He is mentioned in the…

…and the Buddha is recorded in the Mahāli Sutta. DN.i.150ff.

…a religion. In the Isigili Sutta MN.iii.68ff. appears a long list of Pacceka Buddhas who dwelt on the Isigili Mountain, and after whom the…

…he was present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

…mentioned with Brahmā, as distinct from him. MN.i.140 MN.i.327 MN.i.329

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is mentioned among the…

…In the Sāmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.56 Ajātasattu is said to have visited him and obtained from him an exposition of his teaching, which was to…

…The Buddha stayed there, AN.v.122 and it was there that the Naḷakapāna Sutta was preached. MN.i.462

near Naḷakapāna in Kosala3park

…DN.iii.204 He is also mentioned in the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

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

5town

…Moliya. SN.iv.230 Potaliputta calls on Samiddhi, MN.iii.207 Susīma on Ānanda, SN.ii.119 and Jambukhādaka on Sāriputta. SN.iv.251

The…

…speaks of it as a hall…

…the Samaṇamaṇḍikā Sutta. MN.ii.23ff.

The Anuruddha Sutta MN.iii.144ff. contains a discussion between Anuruddha and Abhiya Kaccāna,…

A brahmin village of Māgadha. For an episode connected with it see Piṇḍa Sutta. SN.i.113

Māgadha3town

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and uttered a verse to the effect that the man who understands jhāna finds room even among…

…Standing by was Paṇḍuputta, watching him and wishing that he should shape it without blemish. When Samīti did so, Paṇḍuputta expressed…

…recorded in the Kandaraka Sutta. When Pessa had left, the Buddha is reported to have said that he was a man of great understanding, and that had…

A monk. In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.iv.52 he is represented as asking the Buddha if it were possible, by means of any of the senses, to recognize…

One of the Theras dwelling in the Kukkuṭārāma in Pāṭaliputta in the time of the Buddha. Vin.i.300

…led to the preaching of the Cullahatthipadopama Sutta. MN.i.175ff.

…visited the Buddha at Jetavana and the Buddha preached to him the Cūḷasāropama Sutta, at the end of which he declared himself the Buddha’s…

…recorded in the Piṅgiya Sutta, Snp.1120–1123 because of his feebleness, he failed to reach any attainment. Thereupon he praised the Buddha and…

…brahmin of Vesāli. The Aṅguttara Nikāya records a conversation between him and Kāraṇapālī. The latter meets Piṅgiyānī and, on learning…

…pupil. Snp.594 In the Subha Sutta, MN.ii.200ff. Subha Todeyyaputta, another disciple, is reported to have said that Pokkharasāti—here described…

…teaching, and Potaliputta then asked him questions regarding experience, which Samiddhi answered. Potaliputta, showing neither approval nor…

…follower. MN.i.359ff.

A conversation he had with the Buddha is recorded in the Aṅguttara Nikāya. At the end of the discussion he…

…in the Poṭṭhapāda Sutta. Poṭṭhapāda, accepting the Buddha’s views, was jeered at by his companions for doing so. Two or three days…

…the Dhātuvibhaṅga Sutta. Pukkusāti recognised the Buddha at the end of the sermon and begged his forgiveness for not having paid him due…

…she, with her daughter Uttarā on her hip and the boy’s hand in hers, came to the grove in search of food. She saw the silent monks seated…

…is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.349ff. In the Dhammacetiya Sutta. MN.ii.123 Pasenadi speaks of the great loyalty of these two men…

…hearing of the fame of Puṇṇa, wished to meet him, and went to Andhavana, where Puṇṇa was…

…Yakkha chief mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 among those to be invoked by followers of…

…in the Indriyabhāvanā Sutta. He is said, by his pupil Uttara, to have taught that those who have developed their indriyas could neither see…

…is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.i.133 AN.i.134 AN.ii.45 AN.iv.63 and in the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.ii.49 which is evidence of its…

…century A.C. Near Pātaliputta was the Kukkutārāma, where monks (e.g. Ananda, Bhadda and Nārada) stayed when they came to Pātaliputta…

…and accused Pātikaputta of being a liar. Later, the Buddha visited the hermitage of Pātikaputta, with a large following, in order to…

…rules are included, in the Sutta Vibhaṅga, which contains besides the rules themselves, an old Commentary explaining them and a new Commentary…

…Sānavāsī, Yasa Kākandakaputta and Sumana. Vin.ii.301ff. In this connection the Pāveyyakā are also described as “Pacchimikā” in…

…had finished speaking, Sāriputta recited the Saṅgīti Sutta to the assembled monks.

Pāvā was also a centre of the Nigaṇṭhas and, at the…

…Sutta, the Sampasādanīya Sutta and the Upāli Sutta. Among those who visited the Buddha there are mentioned Kevaddha, Upāligahapati and…

…A young brahmin named Uttara, who came to the almsgiving and was passed over, spoke scornfully of the gifts. Hearing of this, Pāyāsi…

A headsman of Uttara who visited the Buddha and questioned him regarding his power of magic. Several conversations he had with the Buddha, on various…

…in the Sāmmaññaphala Sutta, DN.i.53 AN.iii.383 is attributed to Makkhali Gosāla.

His gotta name was Kassapa. He had a following of five…

…in the Raṭṭhapāla Sutta. MN.ii.54ff.

The Vinaya Vin.iii.148 contains a stanza quoted by the Buddha, in which Raṭṭhapāla’s father…

…persuaded Revata’s pupil, Uttara, to accept robes, etc., from them, and speak to his teacher on their behalf. Uttara did this, but was dismissed…

A devaputta. He once visited the Buddha at Jetavana and asked if one could, by travelling, reach the end of the world where there would be no…

…devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.260

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

…time, the attendant of Sāriputta, and there is a verse in the Theragāthā Thag.993 spoken to him by Sāriputta, who was pleased with Rādha’s…

…Asura chieftain. The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.49f. says that on one occasion when he seized the Moon god, and on another the Sun god, both these…

…the Mahā Rāhulovāda Sutta. Two other suttas, also called Rāhulovāda, one included in the Saṃyutta and the other in the Aṅguttara,…

…was ordained by Sāriputta. Vin.i.82 This is probably the only passage in the Pitakas where Rāhulamātā is mentioned by name.

Tradition…

…scene of several important suttas—e.g., the Āṭānāṭiya, Udumbarika and Kassapasīhanāda, Jīvaka, Mahāsakuladāyī, and…

…in connection with the Vajjiputta heresy at the Second Council. He was, at that time, the oldest Thera in the world. He sat on the committee…

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

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

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

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

In the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.355 AN.v.41 AN.v.157…

…of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Sahali²

A devaputta, follower of Makkhali Gosāla. He visited the Buddha at Veḷuvana,…

…SN.i.151 AN.v.172 The Saṃyutta SN.i.154f. contains a series of verses spoken by Sahampati at Andhakavinda, when the Buddha sat out in the open…

…of Sakka.

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya a whole Saṃyutta—one of the shortest, consisting of twenty five short suttas—is devoted to…

…and the Culla Sakuladāyī Suttas record two conversations between him and the Buddha in the Paribbājakārāma at Moranivāpa in Rājagaha.

He is…

…the Vajjiputtaka heresy arose, his help was sought by Yasa Kākandakaputta. At that time he lived on Ahogaṅgapabbata and was…

…of the Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta. MN.iii.207 In the sutta the Buddha speaks of Samiddhi as a foolish man, and Samiddhi is also teased by…

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

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

…Moggallāna tells Sāriputta how he once saw Samīti shaping a felloe; by his side, Paṇḍuputta was watching, wishing that Samiti might…

…of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

In the Janavasabha Sutta, Janavasabha describes to the Buddha an occasion on which Sanaṅkumāra…

…preached to him the Sandha Sutta. AN.v.323f.

It is, perhaps, the same monk who is mentioned as Saddho Kaccāyano. SN.ii.153 He asks the Buddha a…

…with the Paribbājaka Nigrodha that led to the preaching of the Udumbarika Sīhanāda Sutta.

In the Aṅguttara he is mentioned in a list of…

During the Vajjiputta controversy, Revata Thera, on his way from Soreyya to Sahājāti, went through Sankassa.

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…place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. Upasena died of snake bite….

…and Vinaya of the Sakyaputta monks, and that was why he had left their Order. The Buddha, being told of this, visited the Paribbājakārāma,…

…the two divisions of Kosala, Uttara and Dakkhiṇa Kosala. The Aciravatī was its tributary. Sāketa was situated on the banks of the Sarabhū,…

A class of Devas. The Saṃyutta contains SN.i.16–22 a whole group of suttas in which these devas are stated to have visited the Buddha, asking him…

…between him, Sāriputta and Koṭṭhita, that he preferred the person who obtains relief by faith, to one who testifies to the truth with…

…original teacher of Sāriputta and Moggallāna. Vin.i.39 It is said that when these two disciples left Sañjaya to become pupils of the Buddha,…

A young brahmin, friend of Bodhirājakumāra. He was sent to invite the Buddha to Bodhi’s palace, Kokanada. Vin.ii.127f. MN.ii.91

…follower.

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

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

A brahmin of Aṅguttarāpa. He was a great friend of Keṇiya, the Jaṭila, and visited him when Keṇiya was making preparations to entertain the…

…like a dog. After his visit to the Buddha, as recorded in the Kukkuravatika Sutta, he joined the Order and, in due course, became an arahant….

A devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and held a conversation with him regarding the giving of food. He tells the Buddha that he was…

…was Ukkaṭṭha.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.37 records a conversation between the Buddha and the brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the…

…was Arindama, king of Paribhutta.

• Abhibhū and Sambhava were his chief disciples among monks.
• Akhila and Padumā among nuns.
• His constant…

The name of a god. A devaputta, named Siva, is mentioned in the Saṃyutta SN.i.56 as visiting the Buddha and speaking several verses on the…

…once stayed. It was the scene of the preaching of the Pāyāsi Sutta. DN.ii.316

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…Pajāpati and Yama. DN.i.244 DN.ii.259

In the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 he is spoken of as a Yakkha chief.

…in the Mahāgovinda Sutta. DN.ii.235

In the time of King Reṇu, Bharata was king of Sovīra, and Roruka was its capital.

Eder,…

…monk whose Theragāthā verse says that the night is for striving, not sleeping….

…in the Soṇadaṇḍa Sutta. At the end of the discourse, Soṇadaṇḍa expressed his appreciation of the Buddha and his doctrine, and…

…young brahman student. He once visited the Buddha in Sāvatthī, asking him various questions. The…

…the Brahmanimantanika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 It was under a sāla tree in Subhagavana that the Mūlapariyāya Sutta was preached….

…devaputta. He visits the Buddha at Veḷuvana and tells him that his heart is full of dismay. The Buddha replies that the…

…wanderer. She once saw Sāriputta in Rājagaha eating his meal, which he had begged from house to house, leaning against a wall. Sucimukhī asked…

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

…devaputta who visited the Buddha at Jetavana and spoke two stanzas on the value of earnestness….

…for meals. One day Sāriputta, at the head of several eminent monks, visited Macchikāsaṇḍa and stayed in the monastery. Citta heard…

SudinnaKalandakaputta

A monk who, after being ordained, returned to his former wife and had relations with her, thus becoming guilty of the first…

…Veghanasā, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

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

…near Rājagaha. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions the Buddha as relating the story of a man who went to Sumāgadhā with the thought, “I will…

…the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. MN.i.68ff. The Sunakkhatta Sutta MN.ii.252ff. was evidently preached to Sunakkhatta before he joined the…

…Sundarika is given in the Sutta Nipāta too, Snp.p.79f. but there the details differ greatly, though the topic of discussion is the same….

A devaputta, king of the Nimmānaratī world. SN.iv.280 AN.iv.243

…of the Brahmajāla Sutta. DN.i.1

Suppiya²

He was born in Sāvatthī in a family of cemetery keepers. Converted by the…

A devaputta, the sun or the god of the sun. Once, when he was seized by Rāhu, lord of the Asuras, he invoked the power of the Buddha, and the…

…and the Bodhirāja Sutta. MN.ii.91f. The city was the residence of Nakulapitā and his wife, with whom the Buddha had several interviews….

Susīma¹

A devaputta. Once, when Ānanda utters high praise of Sāriputta, Susīma, who is present, reflects on it and confirms all…

Suyāma¹

A devaputta, chief of the Yāma-devas. AN.iv.242 DN.i.217

Suyāma²Suyāmana

A monk whose Theragāthā verses…

…in Sāketa were Jambugāmikaputta, Gavampati, Mendasira, Uttara, Madhuvāsettha and his son Mahānāga, and Visākhā. Bhūta Thera was born in a…

…states, in the Aggañña Sutta, that the Sākyans were vassals of King Pasenadi of Kosala. D.iii.83 (Sakyā … Pasenadi-Kosalassa anuyuttā…

SālavatikāSālavatī

A Kosalan village, given by Pasenadi to the brahmin Lohicca. There the Lohicca Sutta was preached. DN.i.224

Kosala3town

…village of Kosala, its inhabitants were called Sāleyyakā. The Apaṇṇaka Sutta and the Saleyyaka Sutta were preached there. MN.i.285…

…mango grove of the Vedhaññā Sākiyans when the news, as given in the Sāmagāma Sutta, of Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta’s death, was brought to…

…as having visited Sāriputta at Ukkacela and questioned him regarding Nibbāna, and again AN.v.121f. at Nālakagāma, where he questioned him…

…as described in the Sānu Sutta. The latter was overwhelmed with grief, and, when Sānu visited her, he found her weeping. She told him that he…

…Buddha’s Awakening. Sāriputta soon became enlightened, and became a popular teacher, well respected by the other monks, and often praised by the…

…whom were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

4hill

…and the assembled monks the Mahātaṇhāsaṅkhaya Sutta. MN.i.256ff.

…a series of questions. Snp.176–205

Sātāgira is mentioned in the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.204 as one of the Yakkhas to be invoked in…

…and the vast bulk of all Suttas are set there.

His first visit there was at the invitation of Anāthapiṇḍika. The chief patrons of the…

…informed him that the Vajjiputtakas were wrong. He was one of the four appointed on behalf of the Pācinakas (Vajjiputtakas) on the committee which…

…AN.iv.179f.

The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.38f. AN.iv.79f. contains two discussions, in more or less identical terms, in which Sīha…

…MN.i.497 MN.i.501

A conversation which the Buddha had there with Sāriputta is recorded in the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.v.233f.

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A Pacceka Buddha. MN.iii.70

…birth. Ud.v.3

The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.92f. contains the story of a man who often met Tagarasikhī begging for alms. One day, being…

…MN.iii.192ff. and the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.196f. records a discussion between Ānanda and the wanderer Kokanuda on the banks of the Tapodā,…

…from Rājagaha, and monks would come from afar late at night and, in order to test Dabba Mallaputta’s powers, ask him to provide lodgings for…

…of a gotta. The village of Uttarakā belonged to them, and when the Buddha was staying there with Sunakkhatta, the latter was greatly taken up…

…dwelling of wanderers near Vesāli. It was the residence of Pāthikaputta. DN.iii.17

near Vesāli3non-Buddhist monastery

…to them the Tissa-Metteyya Sutta, at the end of which Tissa became a Sotāpanna, later attaining arahantship. Snp.p.160f.

Tissa⁴

The…

…SN.iv.121 The Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.180 mentions the pupils of the Todeyya-brahmin speaking ill of Eḷeyya because the latter…

When Kokālika was grievously ill, Tudu visited him and exhorted him to put his trust in Sāriputta and Moggallāna. But Kokālika refused to accept his advice and drove him away. SN.i.149 AN.v.171

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha at Sāvatthī and uttered certain verses in the hearing of the monks, telling of the necessity of following the…

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

Pāvā3building

…Vin.i.7

In the Vassakāra Sutta of the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.ii.180 it is mentioned that King Eḷeyya, together with his bodyguard, Yamaka,…

…is mentioned with other shrines at Vesāli—Gotamaka, Sārandada, Sattamba, Cāpāla and Bahuputta—all of which are described as…

…in the Ghoṭamukha Sutta. At the end of Udena’s sermon, the brahmin offered to share with him the daily allowance he received from the…

…preached the Nāgopama Sutta, AN.iii.344f. on the occasion when Seta, King Pasenadi’s elephant, was publicly admired, Udāyī was stirred…

…the original discussion.

A sutta in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.iii.49–51 gives a list of things of which Ugga himself was fond. We are told that…

…be married. The Buddha preached to them the Uggaha Sutta. AN.iii.36ff.

…Paribbājaka. Once when he was staying near Sāvatthī in Mallikā’s pleasance at…

…in the list in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

Ujjaya²

A monk whose verse is in the Theragāthā. Thag.67

Ujjaya³

A brahmin….

…after the death of Sāriputta and Moggallāna within a fortnight of each other, the Buddha came to Ukkacela on his way to Vesāli and at a…

…that the Mūlapariyāya Sutta MN.i.1ff. was preached.

In the Brahmanimantika Sutta MN.i.326 SN.i.142 the Buddha says that it was while he was…

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

…and nephew of Sāriputta and Khadiravaniya-Revata. He was ordained by Revata. Thag.43 He is mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya AN.v.133…

…Therīgāthā and the Saṃyutta, but the sources ascribe different verses to the nuns Cālā, Upacālā, and Sisūpacālā. Thig.189–195…

…MN.i.170–171 The Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.35 SN.i.60 records a visit paid to the Buddha by Upaka and six other beings born in…

…mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

Upananda³

Commander-in-chief of the Māgadha kingdom. He was present at the…

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

UpasenaVaṅgantaputta

When his ordination was but one year old, he ordained another bhikkhu, to increase the number of holy ones, and went with him…

A Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

…order to disabuse his mind, preached to him the Mahā Sudassana Sutta. DN.ii.169f.

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…enquirer, and he asks Sāriputta about the “end-maker”; Sāriputta explains that the “end-maker” is the one who knows and sees things as…

Uppala¹

A Pacceka Buddha mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

Uppala²

A hell realm. SN.i.152 Snp.p.126

5hell

…Tapassī, and later Nāṭaputta himself, go to Upāli’s house, where they learn the truth. When Nāṭaputta is finally convinced that Upāli…

…the Kaṇṇakatthala Sutta. MN.ii.125ff.

It was here too that Nigaṇṭha Kassapa came to see the Buddha. This visit is recorded in the…

…Pacceka Buddha, mentioned in the Isigili Sutta. MN.iii.70

Uttamā¹

A bhikkhunī whose verses in the Therīgāthā tell of her repeated struggles before realizing awakening….

…of Vessabhu Buddha. DN.ii.4

Uttara⁸Uttaraka

A township of the Koliyans. Once, when the Buddha was staying there, he was visited by the…

…DN.ii.173

The trees in Uttarakuru bear perpetual fruit and foliage, and it also possesses a Kapparukkha which lasts for a whole kappa….

The inhabitants of Uttarakuru. AN.iv.396

Uttarakā²

A village of the Thūlūs. The Buddha once stayed there and Sunakkhatta was in his company. At that time Korakkhattiya was…

…mother of Punabbasu and Uttarā. Once as she passed Jetavana at sunset looking for food, with her daughter on her hip and holding her son by…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse tell of how he overcame his desire and confusion and attained arahantship. Thag.252–254

A diminutive form of Uttarā used by Uttaramātā, the Yakkhinī, in addressing her daughter. SN.i.210

…precepts.

Uttarā⁵

A little yakkhinī, sister of Punabbasu. For her story see Uttaramātā.

Uttarā⁶

Chief female lay…

The name given to the region to the north of the river Mahī. See also Aṅguttarāpa.

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…Pāḷi literature. Perhaps Uttarāpatha was originally the name of a great trade-route, the northern high road which extended from Sāvatthī to…

A resident of Uttarāpatha. Vin.iii.6

…Thag.30

In the Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.v.22 the Buddha explains to him, in answer to his question, the character of the five sensual elements…

…The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a whole section on Vacchagotta; his discussions were chiefly concerned with such mythical…

…DN.i.95 and again in that of Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta. MN.i.231

…Saṃyutta Nikāya SN.i.134f. relates that one day, when she was meditating in Andhavana at Sāvatthī, Māra questioned…

…story is given in the Saṃyutta. SN.i.201f.

A Vajjiputta, perhaps the same person, has another verse that encourages a certain “Gotama” to…

…through faith.

In the Saṃyutta, SN.iii.119ff. Vakkali fell ill while on his way to visit the Buddha at Rājagaha, and was carried in a litter…

…the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta. Soon after, Vappa and his companions became arahants, at the end of the Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta. Vin.i.12 A verse…

…SN.i.219

In the Tevijja Sutta. DN.i.244 Varuṇa is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Isāna, Pajāpati, Yamaand Mahiddhi, as the gods invoked by…

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta.DN.ii.259 DN.ii.260 They probably form the retinue of Varuṇa.

A devaputta, king of the devas of the Parinimmita-vassavatti world. DN.i.219 Because of his generosity and virtue practised in past births, he…

…the Gopaka Moggallāna Sutta, MN.iii.8ff. Vassakāra is represented as arriving in the middle of a conversation, which Gopaka Moggallāna was…

…charged Dabba Mallaputta with having committed adultery with his wife. Dabba repudiated the charge, and the Buddha ordered the monks to…

…Sutta, Thag.1227–1230 a sutta on Nibbāna, Thag.1238–1245 and a sutta preached at the Pavāraṇā ceremony. Thag.1231–1237 Several verses…

…monastery on Sankheyyaka mountain in Mahisa country. A monk, named Uttara, once lived there and was visited by Sakka….

An epithet of Ajātasattu. It means either “son of the lady from Videha” or “son of the wise woman”.

…to them that the Pāsādika Sutta was preached. DN.iii.17 From the Sāmagāma Sutta MN.ii.244 it would appear that these Sākiyans lived in…

…fifty yojanas from Pātaliputta and was founded by the Sākiyans who fled from Vidūdabha’s massacre Mbv., p. 98.

Vedisa is identified with the…

…Buddha on the occasion of the preaching of the Sakkapañha Sutta. DN.ii.263 DN.ii.264

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A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…the Cūlatanhā saṅkhaya Sutta, Sakka tried to evade his questions by showing him this palace. It has one hundred towers, each seven stories…

…Jotipāla, and there he himself preached the Ghaṭīkāra Sutta. MN.ii.45ff.

Kosala3town

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

Kosala3town

…of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

Vepacitti was the friend of Rāhu, and when Rāhu seized Candimā and Suriya and these invoked the…

A brahmin clan. The Saṃyutta Nikāya mentions a lady of the gotta living in Kāmandā, who was evidently a teacher. A pupil of hers, having visited…

The brahmins of Verañjā, to whom the Verañjaka Sutta was preached. MN.i.290

…by going with the monks to Uttarakuru, but he was dissuaded by the Buddha. During this stay Sāriputta received from the Buddha an explanation as…

…who, according to the Saṃyutta Nikāya, SN.i.225f. went with Sakka to visit the Buddha during his siesta. They waited upon the Buddha, leaning…

…of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257 He is mentioned among the Yakkha chiefs to be invoked in time of need by followers of the Buddha….

…AN.v.134

Among important suttas preached at Vesāli are the Mahāli, Mahāsīhanāda, Cūḷa Saccaka, Mahā Saccaka, Tevijja, Vacchagotta,…

The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

…Snp.674 It may be the same as the great “Caustic River” referred to in the Devadatta Sutta. MN.iii.185 Its waters are sharp and bitter,…

A vassal of the Four Great Kings, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A brahmin village of the Kosalans where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta. SN.v.352

Kosala3town

…Moggallāna and Sāriputta visited the place in the course of a journey in Dakkhiṇāgiri and were entertained by Nandamātā….

…announced to her that Sāriputta and Moggallāna were on their way to Velukanta. She, delighted with the news, made all preparations and sent word…

…at Veḷuvana, Dabba Mallaputta, at his own request, was appointed regulator of lodgings and apportioner of rations. Vin.ii.74 The Buddha was at…

A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259 Veṇhu is a Pāḷi form of Viṣṇu.

A devaputta. He visited the Buddha and asked him a question. SN.i.52

A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.261

…to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, DN.ii.235 it was King Reṇu who, with the help of Mahāgovinda Jotipāla, founded the Videha…

…her the Dhamma, so that now she dwells in freedom and bliss. Thig.169–174 In the Saṃyutta Nikāya. SN.i.130 Māra, assuming the form of a…

…is told in the Mahāpadāna Sutta. He was born in the Khema park in Bandhumatī, his father being Bandhumā and his mother Bandhumatī. He belonged…

…in the Culla Vedalla Sutta. MN.i.299f. Visākha then visited the Buddha and reported their conversation to him, winning the Buddha’s…

…books contain numerous suttas preached by the Buddha to Visākhā during her frequent visits to him, chief among such suttas being the famous…

ViḍūḍabhaViḍūḍabha

Son of Pasenadi and Vāsabhakhattiyā. Both in the Piyajātika Sutta MN.ii.110 and the Kaṇṇakatthala Suttas….

One of the vassals of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.257

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

Vassal of the Four Great Kings present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.258

A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…committee which considered the Ten Points raised by the Vajjiputtaka at the Second Council. Vin.ii.305

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

…are recorded in the Tevijja Sutta, the Vāseṭṭha Sutta, and the Aggañña Sutta. Vāseṭṭha’s first visit to the Buddha was on the occasion…

A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…and the Āṭānāṭiya Sutta DN.iii.199ff. contains a vivid description of the Yakkha kingdom of Uttarakuru, with its numerous cities, crowds…

…the Mahāsamaya Sutta DN.ii.259 mention is made of two Yamas.

There is a tradition AN.i.142 that once Yama longed to be born as a human…

A man belonging to the retinue of King Eḷeyya. He was a follower of Uddaka Rāmaputta. AN.ii.180

…monk who lived about a century after the Buddha, and who was one of the leaders in the events of the Second…

…The Buddha knew what was in his mind, and at the end of the Sabhiya Sutta admonished him in five verses. Thag.360–364

…Kambojas in the Assalāyana Sutta MN.ii.149 as places in which there were only two classes of people, masters and slaves, and the master could…

…A fourth leader, Paṇḍuputta, of wagon-building stock, is mentioned in the Anaṅgaṇa Sutta MN.i.31 ; there is also the well-known…

…stayed there, and it was on that occasion that the Cātumā Sutta was preached. MN.i.456

Cātumā3park

…by Puṇṇa Mantāniputta and became a Sotāpanna SN.iii.105 Ānanda remained close to the Buddha for the following 25 years, and…

…stayed there with Sāriputta.

Several suttas were preached at Āpaṇa, among them the Potaliya Sutta, MN.i.359ff. Laṭukikopama Sutta (to…

A class of deities who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. DN.ii.259

…the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta DN.ii.131–132 the Buddha tells Pukkusa of another occasion on which he was staying in the Bhūsāgāra in…

…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 an adjective…

…of questions Snp.p.31–33 SN.i.213ff.

Āḷavaka’s name appears in the Āṭānāṭīya Sutta, among the Yakkhas to whom followers of the…

…who is mentioned in the Sutta Nipāta Snp.1146 in a verse spoken by the Buddha to Piṅgiya when the Buddha appeared in a ray of light at…

…In the Ariyaparivesāna Sutta MN.i.163–165; also M.i.240ff. MN.ii.94ff. MN.ii.212ff. the Buddha describes his visit to Āḷāra. Gotama…

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

5town

…devas.

In the Tevijja Sutta DN.i.244 he is mentioned with Indra, Soma, Varuṇa, Pajāpati and Brahmā, as being invoked by the brahmins.

He…