Bhandagrama

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Bhandagrama (भंडग्राम) was a Buddhist commercial city located on the route of Sravasti-Rajagriha. Bhandagama (भंडगाम) was a Vajjian village between Vesali and Hatthigama and near the former. The Buddha visited it during his last tour, and while there he talked to the monks on four conditions, which lead to Nibbana: righteousness, earnest thought, wisdom, and freedom.

Variants

• Bhandagrama (भंडग्राम) (AS, p.652)
• Bhandagama (भंडगाम)
• Bhandagāma
• Bhaṇḍagāma
• Bhanda-gama

History

Having paid his last visit to Vaisali, Gautama then wandered through the villages of Bhandagrama, Hastigrama, Ambagrama, Jambugrama, and Bhoganagara, and then went to Pava. There Chunda, a goldsmith and blacksmith, invited him to a meal, and gave him sweet rice and cakes and a quantity of dried boar's flesh. Gautama never refused the poor man's offering, but the boar's flesh did not agree with him. "Now when the Blessed One had eaten the food prepared by Chunda, the worker in metal, there fell upon him a dire sickness, the disease of dysentery, and sharp pain came

भंडग्राम

भंडग्राम (AS, p.652): बौद्धकाल का एक व्यापारिक नगर जिस की स्थिति श्रावस्ती से राजगृह जाने वाले वाणिक्पथ पर थी (देखें युग-युगों में उत्तर प्रदेश, पृ.6).