[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.c6.534 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.534 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.534 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.534](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.534) Ajapāla-nigrodha.—A banyan tree which is famous in Buddhist literature. It was in Uruvelā, on the banks of the Nerañjarā, near the Bodhi tree, and a week after the Enlightenment the Buddha went there and spent a week cross-legged at the foot of the tree. There he met the Huhuṅkajātika brahmin.¹ Two weeks later he went there again from the Rājāyatana² (\*q.v.\*). It was then that the Brahmā Sahampati appeared to him and persuaded him to preach the doctrine, in spite of the difficulty of the task.³ This was immediately after the meal offered by Tapassu and Bhalluka, so says the Majjhima Aṭṭhakathā.⁴ When the Buddha wishes to have someone as his teacher, Sahampati appears again and suggests to him that the Dhamma be considered his teacher.⁵ - [Previous: v1.c6.533](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.533) - [Next: v1.c6.535](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.535) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.534](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.534) · Pramāṇa