[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) › v2.c27.233 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.233 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.233 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.233) \*\*Pañcavaggiyā.\*\*—The name given to the five monks—\*\*Koṇḍañña\*\*, \*\*Aññā-Koṇḍañña\*\*, \*\*Bhaddiya\*\*, \*\*Vappa\*\*, \*\*Mahānāma\*\* and \*\*Assaji\*\*—to whom the Buddha preached his first sermon at \*\*Isipatana\*\*. Of these, \*\*Koṇḍañña\*\* was the youngest of the eight brahmins who read the signs on \*\*Gotama’s\*\* body on the day of the name-giving festival. The four others were children of four of the other brahmins. They had been advised by their fathers to watch \*\*Gotama’s\*\* career and to join him should he renounce the world. This they did, and all five joined in the austerities of \*\*Gotama\*\* at \*\*Uruvelā\*\*. When he abandoned his austerities and started to follow the Middle Way, they left him in disappointment. But after the Enlightenment, the Buddha visited them and preached to them. At first they refused to pay heed to him, but gradually his powers of persuasion won their hearts and they became his first disciples.¹ It is noteworthy that, although warned by their fathers of the great destiny awaiting \*\*Gotama\*\*, they were yet reluctant to accept the Buddha’s claim to Enlightenment. - [Previous: v2.c27.232](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.232) - [Next: v2.c27.234](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.234) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.233](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.233) · Pramāṇa