Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.932

v1.c14.932

For the first week the Buddha remains under the Bodhi-tree, meditating on the Paṭiccasamuppāda; the second week he spends at the Ajapālanigrodha, where the “Huhuṅka” brahmin accosts him²¹ and where Māra’s daughters, Taṇhā, Aratī and Rāgā, appear before the Buddha and make a last attempt to shake his resolution;²² the third week he spends under the hood of the nāga-king Mucalinda;²³ the fourth week is spent in meditation under the Rājāyatana tree;²⁴ at the end of this period takes place the conversion of Tapussa and Bhallika. They take refuge in the Buddha and the Dhamma, though the Buddha does not give them any instruction.