Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1026

v1.c9.1026

Two occasions are mentioned on which Upavāṇa consulted the Buddha on matters of doctrine, once regarding the arising of suffering³ and once on the immediate and practical use of the Dhamma (*sanditthikadhamma*).⁴ There is also recorded a visit of Upavāṇa to Sāriputta when they were both staying in the Ghositārāma at Kosambī. Sāriputta asks him about the *bojjhaṅgas* as being conducive to a happy life and Upavāṇa explains.⁵ On another occasion Upavāṇa is the enquirer, and he asks Sāriputta about the "end-maker" (*antakara*); Sāriputta explains that the "end-maker" is the one who knows and sees things as they really are.⁶