The name of a tree, at the foot of which the Buddha received a gift of wheat and honey from the merchants Tapassu and Bhallika in the eighth week after the Enlightenment (Vin.i.3f.; J. i.80; BuA.p.9.). A thūpa was later erected on the site of the tree. Beal., op. cit., 129. Updated: 25 February 2012 http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/r/rajayatana.htm |
