[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.c29.189 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.189 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.189 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.189) Bahuputta-, Bahuputtaka-cetiya.—A shrine in the neighbourhood of Vesālī, to the north of that city.¹ The Buddha is said to have stayed there.² It was a pre-Buddhistic shrine and, according to the Commentaries,³ was a many-branched nigrodha tree where persons prayed for sons to the deva of the tree. Hence its name. - [Previous: v2.c29.188](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.188) - [Next: v2.c29.190](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.190) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.189](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.189) · Pramāṇa