Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2938

v1.c12.2938

According to Buddhaghosa,²⁶ there was a monastery (saṅghārāma) built for the monks in the Mahāvana. Part of it consisted of a storeyed house, with a hall below surrounded only by pillars. These pillars held the gabled room which formed the main part of the Buddha’s Gandha-kuṭi there. The hall lay from north to south and faced east,²⁷ and from this hall the whole monastery came to be known as the Kūṭāgārasālā. There was a sick ward attached to the monastery, where the Buddha would often visit the patients and talk with them.²⁸