Macchikāsaṇḍa untranslated

Macchikāsaṇḍa. A township in Kāsī, the residence, among others, of Cittagahapati (SN.iv.281).

It contained the Ambāṭakavana, which Citta presented as a monastery for the monks, at the head of whom was Mahā Nāma.

Sudhamma Thera also lived there, and the place was visited by Sāriputta and Moggalāna and also by Acela Kassapa (SN.iv.300).

For details see Dhp­a.ii.74f.; according to Vin.ii.15f., they were accompanied by Mahā Kaccāna, Mahā Koṭṭhita, Mahā Kappina, Mahā Cunda, Anuruddha, Revata, Upāli, Ānanda and Rāhula; these all went there while travelling in the Kāsi kingdom.

The books contain, besides these, the names of several monks who lived at Macchikāsaṇḍa – e.g., Isidatta, Mahaka, Kāmabhū and Godatta. The place may also have been a centre of the Nigaṇṭhas, for Nigaṇṭha Nātāputta is mentioned as having gone there with a large following (SN.iv.298).

It was thirty leagues from Sāvatthī (Dhp­a.ii.79), and near by was the village of Migapathaka.