Bhesakalāvana untranslated

Bhesakalāvana. A grove in the Bhagga country. It contained a Deer Park wherein Gotama Buddha stayed, on Suṁsumāragiri. Near by was the house in which lived Nakulapitā and Nakulamātā (AN.ii.61; iii.295; SN.iii.1; iv.116).

Once, when the Buddha was at Bhesakalāvana, he saw, with his divine eye, Anuruddha dwelling in the Pācīnavaṁsadāya in the Ceti country, and appeared before him to encourage him in his meditations (AN.iv.228ff.; Ja.iii.157).

The palace Kokanada, built for Prince Bodhi, was in the neighbourhood of the grove (Vin.ii.127; Dhp­a.iii.134, etc.).

It was while staying in this grove that Mahā Moggallāna was molested by Māra and he preached the Māratajjanīyasutta (MN.i.332).

Siṅgālapitā is said to have retired to Bhesakalāvana for his meditations (Thag­a.i.70).

The grove received its name from the fact that its presiding spirit was a Yakkhinī called Bhesakalā (SN­a.ii.181).

According to the Buddhavaṁsa Commentary (Bv­a.3), the Buddha spent the eighth vassa at Bhesakalāvana.

The Divyāvadāna calls it Bhīsanikāvana. Divy.182.