Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1964

v2.c35.1964

⁴ This account, of the Buddha's visit to Verañjā, forms the introduction to the Vinaya and is found at Vin. iii. 1-11. The interview with Verañjā is given at A. iv. 172 ff. The road taken by the Buddha from Verañjā to Benares was, according to Buddhaghosa (Sp. i. 201), the shortest, and the Buddha knew the monks were tired after their experiences in Verañjā. Soon after, he appears to have visited Kapilavatthu. There he was visited by Mahānāma, the Sākyan, who asked permission to entertain him and the monks for four months that they might recover their strength. At the end of the four months he renewed his request, and thus looked after the monks for a whole year. It was this act that won for him the title of aggo paṇitadāyakānaṃ (AA. i. 213).