Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.193

v2.c29.193

Mahā Kassapa says that while yet a "learner" he paid homage to the Buddha at a Bahuputtaka-nigrodha where the Buddha had gone to meet him. The Buddha taught him of the training to be followed and, profiting by the lesson, eight days later Mahā Kassapa became an arahant. This nigrodha, however, was on the road from Rājagaha to Nālandā and was three leagues from Rājagaha.⁴ It cannot, therefore, have been identical with the tree which gave its name to the Bahuputta-cetiya.