Ekanāḷa
PersonA brahmin village near Dakkhiṇagiri south of Rājagaha where the Buddha, during the eleventh year of his ministry, converted the farmer Kāsī Bhāradvāja by teaching him the discourse that bears his name.
A brahmin village near Dakkhiṇagiri, to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and taught Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta that bears his name and which converted him to the faith (Sn.pp.12 ff; SnA.i.136; S.i.172 ff).
Near to the village was the Dakkhiṇagiri-vihāra. SA.i.188.
Snp 1.4
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