Silāvatī
Placeサキヤ族の村で、かつて Māra が婆羅門に変装して集まった比丘たちを誘惑したことがあり、Bandhura 長老の生誕地でもある
A village of the Sākyā. Once, when the Buddha was there with a large number of monks, Māra tempted them in the guise of a jatanduva-brahmin (S.i.117).
The village was the birthplace of Bandhura Thera (ThagA.i.208). A story is also told of the temptation by Māra of Samiddhi when he was with the Buddha. S.i.118, but in ThagA.i.117, the incident is located in Tapodārāma.
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