[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.c9.1589 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.1589 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.1589 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.1589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1589) \*\*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. - [Previous: v1.c9.1588](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1588) - [Next: v1.c9.1590](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1590) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1589](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.1589) · Pramāṇa