Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c14.970

v1.c14.970

In the eleventh year the Buddha resides at the brahmin village of Ekanālā and converts Kasi-Bhāradvāja.⁴⁴ The twelfth year he spends at Verañjā, keeping the vassa there at the request of the brahmin Verañja. But Verañja forgets his obligations; there is a famine, and five hundred horse-merchants supply the monks with food. Moggallāna’s offer to obtain food by means of magic power is discouraged.⁴⁵ The thirteenth Retreat is kept at Cālikapabbata, where Meghiya is the Buddha’s personal attendant.⁴⁶ The fourteenth year is spent at Sāvatthi, and there Rāhula receives the upasampadā ordination.