Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra untranslated

Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra. A mountain cave in the Sītavana, near Rājagaha (DN.ii.116). A conversation which took place there between Sāriputta and Upasena, just before the latter’s death, is recorded in the Saṁyuttanikāya. Upasena died of snake bite (SN.iv.40). The cave was used as a residence by monks who come to Rājagaha from afar (e.g., Vin.ii.76).

Buddhaghosa says (SN­a.iii.10) that the cave was so-called because it was shaped like a snake’s hood. It was here that the Buddha met and preached to Tissa (13), the rājā of Roruva. Thag­a.i.200.