Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.100
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.100
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v1.c9.100
8. Ugga.—A township (nigama) in Kosala. The Buddha stayed there at the Bhaddārāma.¹ The town was the residence of the banker Ugga, and was once a stronghold of the Nigaṇṭhas; after the conversion of Ugga’s family, through Cūḷa Subhaddā’s intervention, the people became faithful followers of the Buddha and for some time Anuruddha lived there, at the Buddha’s special bidding, to preach to the new converts.² Probably the Uggārāma, mentioned in the story of Aṅganika Bhāradvāja,³ was also in Ugga, in which case it was near the village of Kuṇḍiya of the Kuru country.