Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3905

v2.c36.3905

The Buddha accepted this invitation and went to Sunāparanta with four hundred and ninety-nine arahants, including Kuṇḍadhāna and Ānanda, all in pinnacled palanquins, provided by Vissakamma, acting under orders from Sakka. On the way the Buddha stopped at Saccabaddhapabbata, where he converted the tāpasa of the mountain, who became an arahant and travelled on with the party in the five hundredth palanquin. The Buddha spent the day in Sunāparanta, and, on his way back, stopped on the banks of the river Nammadā. There the Nāgarājā paid him homage, and the Buddha left his footprint in the Nāga's abode for him to worship.²