Upatissagāma
PersonA brahmin village near Rājagaha, birthplace of Sāriputta, whose original name Nālaka was replaced by Upatissagāma because its chieftains, likely including Sāriputta’s own father, belonged to the Upatissa clan.
A brahmin village near Rājagaha. It was the birthplace of Sāriputta (ThagA.ii.93; DhA.i.73). Its real name was Nālaka (q.v.), but it was called Upatissagāma, evidently because its chieftains belonged to the Upatissa clan. It is probable that Sāriputta’s father, who was head of the village (gāmasāmi), was also called Upatissa. See SnA.i.326.
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