Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2909

v1.c12.2909

Kūṭāgārasālā.—A hall in the Mahāvana near Vesāli. The Buddha stayed there on several occasions, and in the books are found records of various eminent persons who visited him there and of his conversations with them. Among such visitors are mentioned several Licchavi chiefs, Mahāli Oṭṭhatthaddha,¹ Nandaka,² Sunakkhatta,³ Bhaddiya,⁴ Sāḷha and Abhaya,⁵ all attended by numerous retinues; their senāpati, Siha, who went with five hundred chariots, having only decided after much hesitation to see the Buddha⁶; the Jaina Saccaka, whom the Buddha won only after much argumentation, as described in the Cūḷa- and the Mahā-Saccaka Suttas⁷; the householder Ugga of Vesāli, acclaimed by the Buddha for the possession of eight eminent qualities⁸; the upāsaka Vāseṭṭha,⁹ the two goddesses, daughters of Pajjunna, both known as Kokanadā¹⁰; and the brahmin Piṅgiyāni.¹¹