[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.c9.36 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.36 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.36 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v1.c9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.35) - [Next: v1.c9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.37) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.36) · Pramāṇa