<b> <c c="#a00149">Bhaggā</c> </b> <br>The name of a tribe and a country, the capital of which was Suṃsumāragiri. The Bhagga country lay between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.<br>The Buddha went there several times in the course of his wanderings <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.ii.61</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.85</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.127</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iv.115</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iv.198</c> and three rules for the monks were laid down there. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.v.145</c> <br>Bodhirājakumāra, son of Udena of Kosambi, lived there, apparently as his father’s viceroy, in which case the Bhaggā were subject to Kosambī.<br>It was while sojourning in the Bhagga country that Moggallāna was attacked by Māra entering into his stomach, <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.332</c> and it was there that he preached the Anumāna Sutta. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.95</c> <br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.">between Vesāli and Sāvatthī.</iref> (Precision: 2, Type: region)<br> </deftext>
(masc, masc pl of bhagga) name of the people of Bhagga; Bhaggans Construction: bhagga + ā