[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.c29.272 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.272 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.272 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.272) Bālakaloṇakārāma, Bālakaloṇakārāgama.—A locality near Kosambī. When the monks of Kosambī started quarrelling, the Buddha left them and went to Bālakaloṇakārāma, where he visited Bhagu and preached to him on the virtues of solitude. From there the Buddha proceeded to Pācīnavamsadāya.¹ The readings of the texts are uncertain, and it is impossible to say whether a village (gāma) is meant or only a grove (ārāma). The reading Bālakaloṇakārāgama occurs in the Majjhima Commentary²; but even here two explanations are given: one to the effect that Bālaka was the name of a village of salt-makers (? loṇakārāgama) belonging to Upāli-gahapati. When the inhabitants of the village came to Upāli with their taxes, he went with them (bālakagāmavāsiniyā . . . \*parisāya\*) to see Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta. The other explanation is that the word \*bālakiniyā\* in the text is an adjective meaning “composed of fools” (\*bālavatiyā bālussannāya\*).³ The confusion seems, therefore, to have arisen very early. Upāli’s village (of Bālaka), if such a place existed, was probably near Nālandā. - [Previous: v2.c29.271](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.271) - [Next: v2.c29.273](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.273) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.272](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.272) · Pramāṇa