Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.320
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.320
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v1.c14.320
2. Gayā.—A town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares, and was three *gāvutas* from the Bodhi-tree and fifteen *yojanas* from Benares.¹ It was between the Bodhimaṇḍa and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka.² The Buddha stayed at Gayā on several occasions: once at Gayāsīsa,³ and also near the Taṅkitamañca,⁴ the residence of Suciloma.