元は異教の礼拝所であったが後に仏教僧院に改められたアーラヴィーの主要な聖堂で、仏陀がしばしば滞在しいくつもの律の規則を制定した。

The chief shrine at Āḷavī, originally a pagan site of worship later converted into a Buddhist monastery, where the Buddha stayed often and established several Vinaya rules.