The Hall with the Peaked Roof in the Great Wood

Mahāvana Kūṭāgārasālā

Kolhua, Vaishali

Modern Location References

Approximate reference

Uses the approximate centre of the Vaishali site group including Kolhua; not yet narrowed to the position of the hall building.

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Region: The Vajjians and Vesālī

Related Events (11)

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

The Buddha keeps the fifth rains retreat in the Hall with the Peaked Roof at Vesālī

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

King Suddhodana attains arahantship and dies

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

Mahāpajāpatī goes forth, and the community of nuns is founded

Year 5 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 39

The first of the gravest rules as recorded in the Mahāsāṃghika Vinaya

Year 12 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 46

The retreat ends, and the Buddha takes leave of the brahmin and accepts his offering

Year 12 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 46

Sudinna of Kalanda village goes forth

Year 20 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 54

Sudinna returns home and has intercourse with his former wife

Year 20 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 54

The Buddha lays down the first rule of the gravest class

Year 45 after the Awakening · The Buddha at 79 to 80

The Buddha assembles his disciples and announces that he will pass away in three months

Events known only to fall within a span of years

The fourth gravest rule laid down after twenty years

Events known only to fall within a span of years

Mahāpajāpatī and five hundred nuns pass away