Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3618

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Assaji-Punabbasukā.—The followers of Assaji and Punabbasu. They lived in Kiṭāgiri, between Sāvatthi and Āḷavi, and were guilty of various evil practices. They used to grow flowers, make wreaths and garlands, and send them to girls and women of respectable families and also to slave girls, to lie with such women, and disregard the precepts regarding the eating of food at the wrong time, using perfumes, visiting shows, singing and playing games of various sorts.¹ Their abandoned ways of life won popularity for them, and virtuous monks, who did not belong to their group, were not welcomed by the people of the neighbourhood.