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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2044

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.2044

- **Language:** English

### [v2.c35.2044](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.2044)

Veḷudvāra.—A brahmin village of the Kosalans where the Buddha once stayed and preached the Veḷudvāreyya Sutta.¹ Buddhaghosa says² that the place was so called owing to the tradition of the presence of a bamboo thicket at the entrance to the village.

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