Laṭṭhivana untranslated

Laṭṭhivana, Laṭṭhivanuyyāna. A grove to the south west of Rājagaha. In it was the Supatiṭṭha cetiya, where the Buddha stayed during his first visit to Rājagaha from Gayāsīsa, after the Awakening. There Bimbisāra visited him with twelve nahutas of followers, and Uruvelā Kassapa dispelled their doubts by declaring his acceptance of the Buddha as his teacher. It was during this visit that Bimbisāra gifted Veḷuvana to the Buddha and his Saṅgha (Vin.i.35ff.; Dhp­a.i.88; AN­a.i.166; Bv­a.18, etc.). Eleven nahutas, with Bimbisāra at their head, became Sotāpannas at the end of the Buddha’s sermon, which included the Mahā Nāradakassapajātaka. The remaining nahuta was established in the Refuges (Ja.i.84; AN­a.i.57; also Ja.vi.219).

The grove evidently received its name from its green liquorice creepers, hence its description as Laṭṭhimadhukavana (e.g., Ja.i.68). Xuanzang calls it Yastivana and describes it as a grove of bamboos, giving accounts of its origin and various stories connected with it. (Beal-Xuan, op.cit., 145f.; see VT.136).