Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.21
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.21
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Iṭṭhakāvatī.—A village in Magadha, mentioned, together with Dīgharājī, as the residence of the Saṃsāramocaka heretics. Near by was the Aruṇavativihāra, where Sāriputta once stayed with a company of monks. The village had retained its name for five hundred years.¹