Vāseṭṭha3
PersonEin Brahmanengeschlecht, das seine Abstammung auf den Weisen Vāseṭṭha zurückführt, hoch angesehen und von den Mallā sowohl in Kusinārā als auch in Pāvā geteilt.
Name of a clan (gotta), probably tracing its descent to the sage Vāseṭṭha (Skt. Vasistha). In the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta (D.ii.147, 159) we find the Mallā of Kusinārā addressed as Vāseṭṭhā, as well as the Mallā of Pāvā (D.iii.209). It was a clan held in esteem (ukkaṭṭha), e.g., Vin.iv.8.
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