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<b> <c c="#a00149">Gayā</c> </b> <br>A town in India. It lay on the road between the Bodhi-tree and Benares. It was between the Bodhimanda and Gayā that the Buddha, on his way to Isipatana, met Upaka. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.8</c> <br>The Buddha stayed at Gayā on several occasions: once at Gayāsīsa, <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.i.34</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iv.19</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iv.302</c> and also near the Tankitamañca, <c c="#3b6bd3">Snp.p.47</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.207</c> the residence of Sūciloma.<br>It was at a spring festival in Gayā that Senaka Thera was converted by the Buddha. <c c="#3b6bd3">Thag.287</c> <br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/24.75, 85.01">24.75, 85.01</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: town)<br> </deftext>
(fem, fem) name of a village
(fem, fem) name of a sacred river; (comm) circular pond