[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.c31.618 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.618 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.618 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.618](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.618) 1. Madhurā.—The capital of Surasena, situated on the Yamunā. Its king, soon after the death of Bimbisāra, was Avantiputta,¹ who, judging by his name, was probably related to the royal family of Ujjeni. Madhurā was visited by the Buddha,² but there is no record of his having stayed there. In fact, the Madhura Sutta (2) (q.v.) states that he viewed the city with distinct disfavour. But Mahā Kaccāna evidently liked it, for he stayed there in the Guṇḍavana, and was visited there by the king of the city, Avantiputta,³ and the brahmin Kaṇḍarāyaṇa.⁴ One of the most important suttas on caste, the Madhura Sutta 1 (q.v.), was preached to Avantiputta by Mahā Kaccāna at Madhurā. Perhaps it was through the agency of Mahā Kaccāna that Buddhism gained ground in Madhurā. Already in the Buddha's time there were, in and around Madhurā, those who accepted his teachings, for the Aṅguttara Nikāya⁵ mentions that once when he was journeying from Madhurā to Verañjā and stopped under a tree by the wayside, a large number of householders, both men and women, came and worshipped him. Later, about 300 B.C., Madhurā became a Jain centre,⁶ but when Fa Hsien⁷ and Hiouen Thsang⁸ visited it, Buddhism was flourishing there, and there were many saṅghārāmas and stūpas. From Saṅkassa to Madhurā was a distance of four yojanas.⁹ - [Previous: v2.c31.617](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.617) - [Next: v2.c31.619](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.619) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.618](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.618) · Pramāṇa