Aggivessana untranslated

Aggivessana. Probably the name of a Brahmin clan, the Agniveśyāyanas, and the Kṣatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their Brahmin Purohitas (Further Dialogues, i.162 n).

The name is used by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka Nigaṇṭhāputta (MN.i.229f; 237f), and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka (MN.i.497f).

In the Dantabhūmisutta (MN.iii.128f) the novice Aciravata is thus addressed by Prince Jayasena, who visits him, and also by Gotama Buddha.