Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.349

v1.c8.349

In past ages Isipatana sometimes retained its own name,²⁰ but more often it was known by different names.²¹ Thus in Vipassī's time it was known as Khema-uyyāna. It is the custom for all Buddhas to go through the air to Isipatana to preach their first sermon. Gotama, however, walked all the way, eighteen leagues, because he knew that by so doing he would meet Upaka, the Ājīvaka, to whom he could be of service.²²