Setavyā untranslated

Setavyā. A town in Kosala (DN.ii.316), near which was Ukkaṭṭha. The Aṅguttaranikāya (AN.ii.37) records a conversation between Gotama Buddha and the Brahmin Doṇa, whom the Buddha met on the road from Ukkaṭṭha to Setavyā. The city was on the road, taken by Bāvarī’s disciples (Snp.vs.1012), from Sāvatthī to Rājagaha, and was the first halting place outside Sāvatthī. Beyond it were Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, Pāvā, etc.

To the north of Setavyā was the Siṁsapāvana, where Kumāra Kassapa lived, and where he preached the Pāyāsisutta to the Brahmin Pāyāsi, who held a royal fief there (DN.ii.316).

The city was the birthplace of the Theras Ekadhammasavaṇiya and Mahā Kāḷa. Mahā Kāḷa’s brothers Cūḷa Kāḷa and Majjhimakāla also lived there (Dhp­a.i.55).

The Aṅguttara Commentary (AN­a.ii.504) says that Kassapa Buddha was born in Setavyā, but both the Buddhavaṁsa and its Commentary say that he was born in Benares (Bv.xxv.33; Bv­a.217). The Buddhavaṁsa Commentary (Bv­a.223) records further that Kassapa died in the Setārāma in Setavyā, but adds that Setavyā was a city in Kāsi.