[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.c33.127 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.127 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.127 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.127) 1. Ratana Sutta.—One of the suttas of the Khuddakapāṭha.¹ It was preached at Vesāli, on the occasion of the Buddha’s visit there at the invitation of the Licchavis, who begged him to rid the city of the various dangers which had fallen upon it. According to the Commentaries,² the Buddha first taught the sutta to Ananda and asked him to go round the city, accompanied by the Licchavi princes, reciting the sutta and sprinkling water from the Buddha’s bowl. Immediately all the evil spirits fled from the city and the people recovered from their diseases. They then gathered at the Mote-hall with various offerings and thither they conducted the Buddha. In the assembly were present not only all the inhabitants of Vesālī, but also the devas of two deva-worlds, with Sakka at their head. The Buddha preached the Ratana Sutta to this great crowd. Another account, quoted by Buddhaghosa,³ says that in the assembly the Buddha preached only the first five stanzas, the rest having been earlier recited by Ānanda. Because this sutta was first preached to ward off the evil from Vesālī, it became the most famous of Buddhist Ward-runes (Parittā) \*q.v.\* - [Previous: v2.c33.126](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.126) - [Next: v2.c33.128](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.128) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.127) · Pramāṇa