[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.c36.3966 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3966 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.3966 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.3966](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3966) Sundarika-Bhāradvāja was so called from his habit of offering oblations on the banks of the Sundarikā.³ He is also mentioned⁴ as meeting the Buddha on the banks of the Bāhukā and asking him whether he bathed in that river, because it had the reputation of cleansing sins. The Buddha answered that purity was not to be won that way and preached to him the Vatthūpama Sutta (q.v.). - [Previous: v2.c36.3965](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3965) - [Next: v2.c36.3967](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3967) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3966](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.3966) · Pramāṇa