Silāvatī untranslated

Silāvatī. A village of the Sākiyans. Once, when the Buddha was there with a large number of monks, Māra tempted them in the guise of a jaṭaṇḍuva-Brahmin (SN.i.117).

The village was the birthplace of Bandhura Thera (Thag­a.i.208). A story is also told of the temptation by Māra of Samiddhi when he was with the Buddha. SN.i.118, but in Thag­a.i.117, the incident is located in Tapodārāma.

Sīlavati 01. The chief queen of Okkāka, king of Mahā Sammata, and mother of Kusa. See the Kusajātaka (Ja 531).

Sīlavatī 02. The city in which Sikhī Buddha died, in the Dussārāma (Assārāma). Bv­a.204.