[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.c21.393 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.393 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.393 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.393) The Buddha spent three months in Tāvatimsa, preaching all the time, seated on Sakka's throne, the Paṇḍukambalasilāsana, at the foot of the Pāricchattaka tree. Eighty crores of devas attained to a knowledge of the truth. This was in the seventh year after his Enlightenment.¹⁰ It seems to have been the frequent custom of ascetics, possessed of iddhi-power, to spend the afternoon in Tāvatimsa.¹¹ - [Previous: v1.c21.392](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.392) - [Next: v1.c21.394](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.394) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.393](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.393) · Pramāṇa