Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1589
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1589
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**1. Usabhavatī.**—A city where, in the pleasaunce near by, Paduma Buddha spent a rainy season. The citizens gave a special *kathina*-robe to his chief disciple, Sāla.¹ According to the *Buddhavamsa* Commentary,² Piyadassī Buddha preached his first sermon in the same pleasaunce, but the *Buddhavamsa*³ gives its name as Ussāvana.