Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.921

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¹⁶ J. i. 66 f. The Therīgāthā Commentary (p. 2) mentions another teacher of Gotama, named Bhaggava, whom Gotama visited before Āḷāra. Lal. (330 [264]) contains a very elaborate account of Gotama’s visits to teachers; he goes first to two brahmin women, Śākī and Padmā, then to Raivata and Rajaka, son of Trimaṇḍika, and finally (as far as this chapter is concerned) to Āḷāra at Vaiśālī. A poem containing an account of the meeting of Gotama with Bimbisāra is inserted into this account. The next chapter tells of an account of Gotama’s visits to teachers and of the details of his austerities is also given in the Mahā Saccaka Sutta, already referred to (M. i. 240 ff.); the Mahā Sihanāda Sutta (M. i. 77 ff.) contains a long and detailed account of his extreme asceticisms. See also M. i. 163 ff.; ii. 93 f.