plays the same rôle in the Buddha's life-history), n. of
a place (adhiṣṭhāna) in the Malla country, south of Kapila-
vastu, to which the Bodhisattva went first after leaving
home: it was near the hermitage of the ṛṣi Vasiṣṭha (2),
q.v.: °yaṃ Mv ii.164.18; 207.12; iii.189.9; °yāto, abl.,
Mv ii.166.11; 189.1. (Mss. corrupt in first occurrences.)