Āpaṇa untranslated

Āpaṇa. A city in the Aṅguttarāpa country (probably its capital). The Buddha once visited the city with 1,250 monks and the whole company was entertained by the Jaṭila Keniya (Vin.i.245ff). From Āpaṇa the Buddha went on to Kusinārā (Vin.i.247). In the Saṁyuttanikāya (SN.v.225), Āpaṇa is spoken of as a township of the Aṅgas (Aṅgānaṁ nigamo) and the Buddha is mentioned as having stayed there with Sāriputta.

Several Suttas were preached at Āpaṇa, among them

• the Poṭaliyasutta (regarding Poṭaliya), (MN.i.359ff)
• the Laṭukikopamasutta (to Udāyī) (MN.i.447ff),
• the Selasutta (regarding Sela) (MN.ii.146ff; Sn.pp.102ff) and
• the Saddhasutta or Āpaṇasutta (SN.v.225-7).

Āpaṇa was a Brahmin village and was the home of the Elder Sela (Thag­a.ii.47). On the occasion of the Buddha’s visit to Āpaṇa, during which he converted Sela and Keniya, he seems to have stayed at Āpaṇa for over a week and ordained three hundred monks in the company of Sela (Sn., p.112).

According to Buddhaghosa (MN­a.ii.586), the village was called Āpaṇa because it had twenty thousand bazaars (āpaṇā) and was therefore distinguished for its shops (āpaṇānaṁ ussannattā). Near the village, on the banks of the river Mahī, was the woodland where the Buddha stayed during his visits.

Āpāna. One of the Vanni chiefs of Ceylon, brought into subjection by Bhuvanekabāhu I. (Cv.xc.33)