[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.c30.122 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.122 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.122 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c30.121](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.121) - [Next: v2.c30.123](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.123) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.122](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.122) · Pramāṇa