Dighanikaya 20.338

20.338

Athāguṃ nāgasā nāgā, vesālā sahatacchakāti nāgasadahavāsikā ca vesālīvāsikā ca nāgā saha tacchakanāgaparisāya āgatāti attho. Kambalassatarāti kambalo ca assataro ca. Ete kira sinerupāde vasanti, supaṇṇehipi anuddharaṇīyā mahesakkhanāgā pāyāgā saha ñātibhīti payāgatitthavāsino ca saha ñātisaṅghena āgatā.

“Then came the nāgas from Lake Nāgasa, and those from Vesālī together with Tacchaka” (athāguṃ nāgasā nāgā, vesālā sahatacchakā): the meaning is that the nāgas dwelling in Lake Nāgasa and those dwelling in Vesālī came together with the retinue of the nāga Tacchaka. “Kambalas and Assataras” (kambalassatarā): both Kambala and Assatara. They live, it is said, at the foot of Mount Sineru, nāgas of great influence whom even the supaṇṇas cannot carry off. “Those from Payāga with their kinsmen” (pāyāgā saha ñātibhi): those dwelling at the Payāga crossing came together with the assembly of their kinsmen.