[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.c35.1957 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1957 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.1957 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.1957](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1957) Verañjā.—A town in which the Buddha once spent the rainy season¹ at the invitation of the brahmin Verañja. Verañja visits the Buddha at the foot of the Naḷerupicumanda, where he is staying, and asks him a series of questions, the first of which is: whether it be true that the Buddha pays no respect to aged brahmins. The Buddha replies that he has not seen a brahmin in the whole world to whom such respect is due from him. If the Tathāgata were so to honour anyone, that person's head would split in pieces. Other questions follow on the Buddha's doctrine and practices. The Buddha concludes by giving an account of his attainment of the threefold knowledge.² The interview ends with the conversion of Verañja and his invitation to the Buddha to spend his rainy season there. - [Previous: v2.c35.1956](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1956) - [Next: v2.c35.1958](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1958) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1957](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1957) · Pramāṇa