Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.218

v2.c35.218

² *E.g.*, MA. i. 394. ³ See *s.v.* Licchavī; in the *Trikanda-sesa*, quoted by Cunningham (AGI. 509), Licchavi, Vaideha and Tirabhukti were synonymous. In one passage (A. iii. 76) the Licchavi, Mahānāma, seeing that a band of young Licchavis who had been out hunting were gathered round the Buddha, is represented as saying, "These Licchavis will yet become Vajjians" (*bhavissanti Vajji*). This probably only means that there was great hope of these young men becoming true Vajjians, practising the seven conditions of welfare taught by the Buddha, conditions which ensured their prosperity. But see G. S. iii. 62, n. 1 and 3. ⁴ The details of this teaching, and various other matters connected with the Vajji, are given under Licchavī (*q.v.*). ⁵ Three years after the Buddha’s last visit to Vesālī, according to Buddhaghosa (DA. ii. 522). ⁶ See, *e.g.*, S. v. 348. ⁷ See, *e.g.*, J. ii. 232, where it is called a village of the Vajjians, on the Ganges. ⁸ S. iv. 59. ⁹ Ud. iii. 3. ¹⁰ UdA., p. 382. ¹¹ Vin. ii. 199 f. ¹² Beal: *op. cit.*, 77.