[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.c35.2006 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2006 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.2006 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.2006](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2006) Velāma.—The Bodhisatta born as the chaplain of Benares. He was son of the preceding chaplain, and went with the crown prince to Takkasilā to study. There, in due course, he became a famous teacher, with eighty-four thousand princes among his pupils. Later, he became chaplain to the Benares king. Every year the eighty-four thousand princes came to Benares to pay their respects to the king, causing great suffering to the people. These complained to the king, and he asked Velāma to find a way out of the difficulty. Velāma marked out eighty-four thousand provinces for the princes, and, thereafter, they obtained their supplies from their respective dominions. - [Previous: v2.c35.2005](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2005) - [Next: v2.c35.2007](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2007) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2006](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2006) · Pramāṇa