Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1013

v1.c9.1013

**Upavatta (Upavattana).**—The *sāla*-grove of the Mallas of Kusināra, on the further side of the Hiraññavatī. This was the last resting-place of the Buddha on his last tour, and here he passed away, lying on a bed placed between two *sāla* trees.¹ Here Subhadda visited the Buddha in the earlier part of the last night of his life, was converted and gained admission into the Order, afterwards winning arahantship.² It was here, too, that the Buddha asked the monks if they had any doubts they wished to hear solved regarding the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Saṅgha, *magga* and *paṭipadā*, or any questions they wished to ask,³ and here he gave his last admonition to the monks.⁴ Ānanda tried to persuade him to die in a place of greater importance, and the Buddha, in order to disabuse his mind, preached to him the Mahā Sudassana Sutta.⁵