Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2921

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The Licchavis waited on the Buddha and ministered to him during his stay in the Kūṭāgārasālā, and it is said that they were of various hues: some blue, others yellow, etc. And Piṅgiyāni, seeing the Buddha shining in their midst, surpassing them all, once uttered the Buddha’s praises in verse, winning, as reward from the Licchavis, five hundred upper garments, all of which, he, in turn, presented to the Buddha.¹² On one occasion, when the Buddha was preaching to the monks regarding the six spheres of sense contact, Māra arranged an earthquake to break the monks’ concentration, but failed to achieve his object.¹³ Several Jātakas were related by the Buddha in the Kūṭāgārasālā: the Sigāla,¹⁴ the Teḷovāda,¹⁵ the Bāhiya,¹⁶ and the Ekapanna.¹⁷ It was here that the Buddha finally agreed to grant the request of the five hundred Sākyan women, led by Pajāpati Gotamī, that they might be ordained as nuns. They had followed the Buddha hither from Kapilavatthu.¹⁸ The Buddha gave Pajāpati Gotamī, at her special request, a summary of his doctrine.¹⁹ It was also at the Kūṭāgārasālā that the Buddha uttered his prophecy as to the ultimate downfall of the Licchavis.²⁰