Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.513

v1.c14.513

Giñjakāvasatha.—A brick hall at Nādikā (Ñātikā). The Buddha stayed there on various occasions during his visits to Nādikā. It was during one of these visits that Ambapālī presented her park to the Buddha and the Order.¹ In the Giñjakāvasatha the Buddha preached the Cūḷagosinga Sutta,² the Janavasabha Sutta³ and several discourses on maraṇasati;⁴ also the sermons to the Elder Sandha of the Kaccānagotta⁵ and the Elder Kaccāyana.⁶ Both in the Janavasabha Sutta and the Giñjakāvasatha Sutta,⁷ which was preached at the same place, the Buddha is represented as having answered questions regarding the destiny and the rebirth of several residents of Nādikā. Does this perhaps mean that the people of Nādikā were more interested in this problem than the people of other places? It was by way of finding a permanent solution to these questions that the Buddha preached to Ānanda at Giñjakāvasatha the Dhammādāsa (Mirror of Truth) on his last visit to Nādikā, as described in the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta.⁸