Tribes in Ancient India c33.80

c33.80

According to the Buddhist legendary tradition, the Vatsa country was among those considered by the Devaputras in the Tuṣita heaven when a suitable birthplace for the Buddha was under discussion. The defects of the Vatsas and their royal family were then pointed out. For instance, it was said that the Vamsas were rude and rough, and their king an ‘Uccedavādin’; and, finally, it was decided that the royal family of Vatsa was unsuited for the honour of the Buddha’s birth.² However, when the Buddha was about to pass away, Ānanda mentioned Kauśāmbī of the Vatsas as one of six great cities suitable for the Buddha’s parinibbāna.³