Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.122

v2.c30.122

Bhaddavaggiyā.—A group of thirty young men, converted by the Buddha. They had gone picnicing with their wives in a forest-glade between Bārāṇasī and Uruvelā. One of them had no wife, and for him they found a courtezan; but she awaited the opportunity and ran away with their goods. While seeking for her, they saw the Buddha and enquired if he had seen a woman. But he answered, should they not rather seek the " self " than a woman. They all agreed thereto, and he preached to them. At the end of the sermon they realized the Truth and were ordained.¹ Their conversion was one of the subjects sculptured in the Relic Chamber of the Mahā Thūpa.²