Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.561

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**Āpaṇa.**—A city in the *Anguttarāpa* country (probably its capital). The Buddha once visited the city with 1,250 monks and the whole company was entertained by the *Jaṭila Keniya*.¹ From Āpaṇa the Buddha went on to *Kusinārā*.² In the *Saṃyutta Nikāya*,³ Āpaṇa is spoken of as a township of the *Aṅgas* (*Aṅgānaṃ nigamo*) and the Buddha is mentioned as having stayed there with *Sāriputta*. Several suttas were preached at Āpaṇa, among them the *Poṭaliya Sutta* (regarding *Poṭaliya*),⁴ the *Laṭukikopama Sutta* (to *Udāyi*),⁵ the *Sela Sutta* (regarding *Sela*)⁶ and the *Saddha* or *Āpaṇa Sutta*.⁷ Āpaṇa was a brahmin village and was the home of the Elder *Sela*.⁸ On the occasion of the Buddha’s visit to Āpaṇa, during which he converted Sela and Keniya, he seems to have stayed at Āpaṇa for over a week and ordained three hundred monks in the company of Sela.⁹