[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c14.1068 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.1068 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.1068 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.1068](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1068) The shrine was pre-Buddhistic and dedicated to a Yakkha named Gotamaka. A vihāra was later built on the spot for the Buddha and his monks.⁵ There the \*\*Gotamaka Sutta\*\* was preached.⁶ The \*Divyāvadāna\*,⁷ in a list of noted places of Vesālī, speaks of a \*Gautama-nyagrodha\*. The reference is evidently to this cetiya. It has been suggested⁸ that the cetiya may have been called after the Kāla (Kaṇha) Gotama Nāgas, but the suggestion appears far-fetched. - [Previous: v1.c14.1067](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1067) - [Next: v1.c14.1069](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1069) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1068](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.1068) · Pramāṇa