Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.284
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.284
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v2.c31.284
Sudhamma Thera also lived there, and the place was visited by Sariputta and Moggallāna² and also by Acela Kassapa.³ The books contain, besides these, the names of several monks who lived at Macchikāsaṇḍa—*e.g.*, Isidatta, Mahaka, Kāmabhū and Godatta.⁴ The place may also have been a centre of the Nigaṇṭhas, for Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta is mentioned as having gone there with a large following.⁵ It was thirty leagues from Sāvatthi,⁶ and near by was the village of Miga-pathaka (q.v.).