Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.248

v2.c29.248

Mention is also made of a Bānārasiseṭṭhi²³ and a Santhāgārasālā (Mote Hall), which was then, however, no longer being used so much for the transaction of public business as for public discussions on religious and philosophical questions.²⁴ Near Benares was a grove of seven sirīsaka-trees where the Buddha preached to the Nāga-king Erakapatta,²⁵ and also the Khemiyambavana where Udena met Ghoṭamukha²⁶; on the other side of the river was Vāsabhagāma, and beyond that another village called Cundaṭṭhila.²⁷