[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.c21.392 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.392 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.392 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.392) It is the custom of all Buddhas to spend the vassa following the performance of the Yamakapāṭihāriya, in Tāvatimsa. Gotama Buddha went there to preach the Abhidhamma to his mother, born there as a devaputta. The distance of sixty-eight thousand leagues from the earth to Tāvatimsa he covered in three strides, placing his foot once on Yugandhara and again on Sineru. - [Previous: v1.c21.391](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.391) - [Next: v1.c21.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.393) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.392) · Pramāṇa