Dighanikaya 13.518

13.518

Evaṃ me sutaṃ…pe… kosalesūti tevijjasuttaṃ. Tatrāyaṃ anuttānapadavaṇṇanā. Manasākaṭanti tassa gāmassa nāmaṃ. Uttarena manasākaṭassāti manasākaṭato avidūre uttarapasse. Ambavaneti taruṇaambarukkhasaṇḍe, ramaṇīyo kira so bhūmibhāgo, heṭṭhā rajatapaṭṭasadisā vālikā vippakiṇṇā, upari maṇivitānaṃ viya ghanasākhāpattaṃ ambavanaṃ. Tasmiṃ buddhānaṃ anucchavike pavivekasukhe ambavane viharatīti attho.

"Thus have I heard… among the Kosalans": this is the Tevijja Sutta. Therein, this is the exposition of the obscure words. "Manasākaṭa" is the name of that village. "To the north of Manasākaṭa" means on the northern side, not far from Manasākaṭa. "In the mango grove" means in a young mango grove. That locality was indeed delightful: below, sand like a silver sheet was strewn; above, the mango grove had dense branches and foliage like a jeweled canopy. He was dwelling in that mango grove which was suitable for Buddhas and possessed the bliss of seclusion—this is the meaning.