A town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares. It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. Vin.i.8

The Buddha stayed at Gayā on several occasions: once at Gayāsīsa, Vin.i.34 SN.iv.19 AN.iv.302 and also near the Tankitamañca, Snp.p.47 SN.i.207 the residence of Sūciloma.

It was at a spring festival in Gayā that Senaka Thera was converted by the Buddha. Thag.287

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