[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.c7.561 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.561 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.561 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.561) \*\*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 - [Previous: v1.c7.560](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.560) - [Next: v1.c7.562](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.562) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.561](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.561) · Pramāṇa