Pāli Dictionary

Nāḷā

Place

A village in Magadha near the Bodhi tree at Gayā, the birthplace of Upaka, also identified as the brahmin village where the Buddha spent his eleventh rains retreat.

A village in Magadha, near the Bodhi tree at Gayā. It was the birthplace of Upaka (Thig.294; ThigA.225). The Buddhavaṃsa Commentary (p3) speaks of a brahmin village Nāḷā, where the Buddha spent his eleventh rainy season.

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