in phrase ukkala-vassa-bhañña SN.iii.73 = AN.ii.31 = Kv.141 is translated as “the folk of Ukkala, Lenten speakers of old” (see Kvu trsl. 95 with n. 2). Another interpretation is ukkalāvassa˚, i.e. ukkalā + avassa, one who speaks of, or like, a porter (ukkala = Sk utkala porter, one who carries a load) and bondsman MN.iii.78 reads Okkalā (variant reading Ukkalā)-Vassa-Bhaññā all as N. pr.

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