Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.36

v1.c9.36

Ukkācelā.—A village in the Vajji country, on the banks of the Ganges, on the road from Rājagaha to Vesālī and near the latter.¹ Once while Sāriputta was staying there, the Paribbājaka Sāmaṇḍaka visited him and talked to him about Nibbāna.² Some time later, after the death of Sāriputta and Moggallāna within a fortnight of each other, the Buddha came to Ukkacelā on his way to Vesālī and at a gathering of the monks uttered high praise of the two chief disciples and spoke of the loss the Order had sustained by their death.³