Kāḷasilā untranslated

Kāḷasilā 01. The black rock by the side of Isigili (Isigilipasse).

It was there that Moggallāna was murdered (Ja.v.125f; Dhp­a.iii.65f; Ap­a.i.206) and that Godhika (SN.i.120f; Dhp­a.i.431f) and Vakkali (SN.iii.124) committed suicide.

It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājagaha they would ask Dabba Mallaputta to find them lodgings there because they wished to see evidence of Dabba’s iddhi-powers (Vin.ii.76; iii.159).

Gotama Buddha is mentioned as having stayed at Kāḷasilā with a great company of monks (SN.i.194). On one such occasion the Buddha is said to have given Ānanda an opportunity of asking him to continue to live for a whole aeon. But Ānanda failed to do so (DN.ii.116).

The Buddha is elsewhere (Thag­a.ii.209) described as residing at Kāḷasilā with five hundred monks, all of whom were Arahants. Moggallāna discovered their powers, and thus earned the praise of Vaṅgīsa.

The Saṁyutta Commentary (SN­a.ii.229) speaks of a Kāḷasilāvihāra.

In the Cūḷa Dukkhakkhandhasutta (MN.i.92), it is said that Kāḷasilā was also the residence of some Nigaṇṭhas, followers of Nāthaputta.

Kāḷasilā 02. See Kāḷasela.