[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.c31.3015 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.3015 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.3015 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.3015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3015) According to the Mahāummagga Jātaka⁶ there were four market towns at the four gates of Mithilā, each being known by the name of Yavamajjhaka. The Buddha is mentioned as having stayed in Mithilā and having preached there the Makhādeva Sutta⁷ and the Brahmāyu Sutta.⁸ It was also in Mithilā that the Therī Vāseṭṭhī⁹ first met the Buddha and entered the Order, after having heard him preach. After the Buddha’s death, the Videhas of Mithilā claimed a part of his relics and obtained them.¹⁰ In the time of Koṇāgamana Buddha Mithilā was the capital of King Pabbata, and the Buddha preached there on his visit to the city.¹¹ Padumuttara Buddha preached his first sermon to his cousins, Devala and Sujāta, in the park of Mithilā,¹² and later to King Ānanda and his retinue in the same spot.¹³ - [Previous: v2.c31.3014](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3014) - [Next: v2.c31.3016](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3016) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3015](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.3015) · Pramāṇa