Koṭigāma untranslated

Koṭigāma. A village in the vicinity of Bhaddiyanagara. The village was one gāvuta distant from the Ganges (Mhv­ṭ.560). The Buddha went there from Bhaddiyanagara. Bhaddaji preceded Gotama Buddha to Koṭigāma and awaited his arrival there. The people, led by Nanduttara, made ready a meal and provided boats in which the Buddha and the monks might cross the river. In the middle of the river, submerged in the water, stood the palace once occupied by Mahā Panāda (Ja.ii.332f; Thag­a.i.287f; Mhv.xxxi.5f).

During his last tour the Buddha crossed the river at Pāṭaligāma, went on to Koṭigāma, and remained in that village preaching to the monks. Hearing that the Buddha was there, Ambapālī and hosts of Licchavīs came from Vesālī to visit him, and Ambapālī gave him a meal. From Koṭigāma the Buddha went to Nādikā (Vin.i.230f; DN.ii.90f).

Buddhaghosa says (DN­a.ii.542; iii.856) that the village was so-called because it was built near the dome (koṭi or thūpikā) of Mahā Panāda’s palace.

According to the Saṁyuttanikāya (v.431), Koṭigāma was a village of the Vajjians.