<b> <c c="#a00149">Aggivessana</c> </b> <br>Probably the name of a brahmin clan, the Agnivesyāyanas, and the Ksatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their brahmin priests.<br>The name is used by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka Nigaṇṭhaputta, <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.229f.</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.237f.</c> and also Dīghanakha Paribbājaka. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.497f.</c> <br>In the Dantabhūmi Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.iii.128f.</c> the novice Aciravata is thus addressed by Prince Jayasena, who visits him, and also by the Buddha.<br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, comp, patr) name of a Brahman family clan [lit.] descendant of Aggivessa Construction: aggi + vessa + ana aggivessa + ana