Iṭṭhakāvati
PlaceUn village du Magadha, mentionné comme résidence des hérétiques Saṃsāramocaka, près duquel Sāriputta séjourna jadis avec un groupe de moines, et d’où une femme naquit plus tard sous forme de peta.
A village in Magadha, mentioned, together with Dīgharājī, as the residence of the Saṃsāramocaka heretics. Nearby was the Aruṇavatī-vihāra, where Sāriputta once stayed with a company of monks. The village had retained its name for five hundred years (PvA.67).
The Petavatthu (pp.12-13) contains the story of a woman of Iṭṭhakāvatī who was born as a peta.
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