Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.2188
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.2188
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v2.c36.2188
Sāmagāma.—A Sākyan village where the Sāmagāma Sutta was preached.¹ There was a lotus pond in the village.² The Vedhaññā (q.v.) probably lived there, because, according to the Pāsādika Sutta,³ the Buddha was in the mango-grove of the Vedhaññā Sākyans when the news, as given in the Sāmagāma Sutta, of Nigaṇṭha Nātaputta’s death, was brought to him. According to Buddhaghosa⁴ the village was called Sāmagāma, Sāmakānaṃ ussanattā.