[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.c7.753 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.753 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c7.753 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.753) Āḷavaka was away at a meeting of the Yakkhas in Himavā. His doorkeeper Gadrabha admitted the Buddha, after warning him of the Yakkha’s unmannerly nature. The Buddha went in and sat down on Āḷavaka’s throne while Gadrabha went to Himavā to announce to his master the Buddha’s arrival. While the Buddha was there, preaching to Āḷavaka’s women-folk, the Yakkhas Sātāgira and Hemavata, passing through the air on their way to the assembly in Himavā, being made aware of the Buddha’s presence by their inability to fly over him, descended to Āḷavaka’s palace and made obeisance to the Buddha before resuming their journey. - [Previous: v1.c7.752](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.752) - [Next: v1.c7.754](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.754) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.753](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c7.753) · Pramāṇa