Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.329

v1.c8.329

Several other incidents connected with the Buddha, besides the preaching of the first sermon, are mentioned as having taken place in Isipatana. Here it was that one day at dawn Yasa came to the Buddha and became an arahant.⁸ It was at Isipatana, too, that the rule was passed prohibiting the use of sandals made of talipot leaves.⁹ On another occasion when the Buddha was staying at Isipatana, having gone there from Rājagaha, he instituted rules forbidding the use of certain kinds of flesh, including human flesh.¹⁰ Twice, while the Buddha was at Isipatana, Māra visited him but had to go away discomfited.¹¹