[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.c30.28 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.28 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.28 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.28) 3. Bhaggava.—A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti.¹ Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towards members of the \*kumbhakāra\* “caste.” Thus we find in the books several instances of potters being addressed as “Bhaggava.”² In the Saṃyutta Nikāya³ the Buddha addresses Ghaṭikāra Brahmā as “Bhaggava”; he had been a potter of Vehaliṅga in his previous birth and the name “Ghaṭikāra” itself means “jar-maker.” The Commentaries give no explanation of the word; perhaps the potters claimed their descent from Bhṛgu. Bhaggava is sometimes given as an example of a gotta.⁴ See also Bhaggavagotta. - [Previous: v2.c30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.27) - [Next: v2.c30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.29) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.28) · Pramāṇa