[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.c8.5 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.5 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.5 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.5) \*\*Icchānaṅgala.\*\*—A brahmin village in the \*\*Kosala\*\* country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket (\*vanasaṇḍa\*) there that the Buddha preached the \*Ambaṭṭha Sutta\*.¹ From this sutta, the village would seem to have been near Pokkharasādi’s domain of \*\*Ukkaṭṭhā\*\*. It was the residence of “Mahāsāla” brahmins. The \*Sutta Nipāta\*² (which spells the name as \*\*Icchānaṅkala\*\*) mentions several eminent brahmins who lived there, among them Caṅkī, Tārukkha, Pokkarasāti, Jānussoṇi and Todeyya. There were also two learned youths, \*\*Vāseṭṭha\*\* and \*\*Bharadvāja\*\* at Icchānaṅkala, who, finding it impossible to bring their discussion to a conclusion, sought the Buddha, then staying in the village. Their interview with the Buddha is recorded in the \*Vāseṭṭha Sutta\*.³ Buddhaghosa⁴ says that learned brahmins of Kosala, deeply versed in the Vedas, were in the habit of meeting together from time time⁵ at Icchānaṅgala in order to recite the Vedas and discuss their interpretation.⁶ - [Previous: v1.c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.4) - [Next: v1.c8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.6) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.5) · Pramāṇa