[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.c33.357 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.357 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.357 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.357) At the time of the Buddha’s death, there were eighteen large monasteries in Rājagaha.²⁷ Close to the city flowed the rivers Tapodā and Sappinī.²⁸ In the city was a Potter’s Hall where travellers from far distances spent the night.²⁹ The city gates were closed every evening, and after that it was impossible to enter the city.³⁰ In the Buddha’s time there was constant fear of invasion by the Licchavis, and Vassakāra (q.v.) is mentioned as having strengthened its fortifications. To the north-east of the city were the brahmin villages of Ambasanda³¹ and Sālindiya³²; other villages are mentioned in the neighbourhood, such as Kiṭāgiri, Upatissagāma, Kolitagāma, Andhakavinda, Sakkhara and Codanāvatthu (q.v.). In the Buddha’s time, Rājagaha had a population of eighteen crores, nine in the city and nine outside, and the sanitary conditions were not of the best.³³ The Treasurer of Rājagaha and Anāthapiṇḍika had married each other’s sisters, and it was while Anāthapiṇḍika (q.v.) was on a visit to Rājagaha that he first met the Buddha. - [Previous: v2.c33.356](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.356) - [Next: v2.c33.358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.358) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33) ## Cites (5) - [Mahāvibhaṅga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.suttavibhanga.maha.pc.56.1.2.10.1) — Pāli - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.10.13.144_2) — Pāli - [Sakkapañhasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.1.1.1) — Pāli - [Dhanañjānisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.97.1.1) — Pāli - [Samantapāsādikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.vinaya.sastra.samantapasadika) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.357](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.357) · Pramāṇa