Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c23.s3.4

v1.c23.s3.4

*Aśokavadāna*¹ and the *Mahīśāsaka*,² *Mahāsānghika*³ and the *Dharmagupta*⁴ Vinaya locate the place of Ānanda’s exertion at Vaiśālī and credit one Vṛjipatra, a disciple of Ānanda, for encouraging Ānanda to make the exertion. Vaiśālī was one of the stopping places of Mahākassapa and his colleagues on their way from Kuśinagara to Rājagṛha, and it was at Vaiśālī that Ānanda stayed behind to qualify himself for membership of the Council.⁵