[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.c9.816 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c9.816 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c9.816 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c9.816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.816) 1. Upaka.—An Ājīvaka whom the Buddha met on his way between Gayā and the Bodhi Tree, after he set out from Isipatana for the preaching of the First Sermon. Upaka questioned the Buddha on his attainments, and when the Buddha told him what he had accomplished he asked the Buddha if he were "Anantajina." When the Buddha acknowledged it, Upaka shook his head saying, "It may be so, friend," and went along by another road.¹ It is said² that the Buddha walked all the way from the Bodhi Tree to Isipatana—instead of flying through the air, as is the custom of Buddhas—because he wished to meet Upaka. - [Previous: v1.c9.815](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.815) - [Next: v1.c9.817](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.817) - [Up: v1.c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.816](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c9.816) · Pramāṇa