[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.c9.1013 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1013 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1013 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.1013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v1.c9.1012](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1012) - [Next: v1.c9.1014](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1014) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1013](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1013) · Pramāṇa