Upatissagāma
PersonEin Brahmanendorf nahe Rājagaha, Geburtsort Sāriputtas, dessen ursprünglicher Name Nālaka durch Upatissagāma ersetzt wurde, weil seine Häuptlinge, wahrscheinlich einschließlich Sāriputtas eigenen Vaters, dem Upatissa-Klan angehörten.
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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