The section of the Pali Vinaya on the rules for medicines records the Buddha setting out from a village, passing through the Bamboo Grove at Rājagaha and the village of Pāṭaligāma, crossing the Ganges, and going on through Koṭigāma and Nādikā to Vesālī. Ambapālī, the famous courtesan of Vesālī, first meets the Buddha at Koṭigāma, then at Vesālī invites him to a meal in her mango grove and donates the grove to the Sangha. The Buddha then turns to Bhaddiya and several other towns, and finally reaches Kusinārā and Ātumā. Pali Canon
Different Accounts
A long stretch of this route coincides with the journey of the Buddha's last year (the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta of the Southern tradition), and Ambapālī's donation of the grove also has an entry of its own in the last journey; but after this the route turns to Bhaddiya and other places, with no sign of the announcement of the passing or the passing itself.
Dating
The year is unknown, and there is no range from which it could be estimated, so no age is given. Whether this record is the journey of the Buddha's last year is at present unsettled.
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Research Notes: Reliability, Dating and Sources
- How Reliability Is Assessed
The sources for this event have not yet been fully compared; its reliability is not yet graded.
- Dating Evidence and Precision
Source of the year not recorded.
Sources
- Pali Canon巴利律 Kd 6:26.1.1