[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.c14.320 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.320 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c14.320 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c14.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v1.c14.319](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.319) - [Next: v1.c14.321](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.321) - [Up: v1.c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c14.320) · Pramāṇa