[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.c7.620 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.620 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.620 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.620](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.620) Āmagandha.—A brahmin. Before the appearance of the Buddha in the world, Āmagandha became an ascetic and lived in the region of the Himālaya with five hundred pupils. They ate neither fish nor flesh. Every year they came down from their hermitage in search of salt and vinegar, and the inhabitants of a village near by received them with great honour and showed them every hospitality for four months. - [Previous: v1.c7.619](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.619) - [Next: v1.c7.621](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.621) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.620](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.620) · Pramāṇa