<b> <c c="#a00149">Kāḷasilā</c> </b> <br>The black rock by the side of Isigili.<br>It was there that Godhika <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.120f.</c> and Vakkali <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iii.124</c> committed suicide.<br>It was a lonely spot, and we are told that when monks came from afar to Rājagaha they would ask Dabba Mallaputta to find them lodgings there because they wished to see evidence of Dabba’s iddhi-powers. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.76</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iii.159</c> <br>The Buddha is mentioned <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.194</c> as having stayed at Kāḷasilā with a great company of monks. On one such occasion the Buddha is said to have given Ānanda an opportunity of asking him to continue to live for a whole aeon. But Ānanda failed to do so. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.116</c> <br>In the Cūḷadukkhakkhandha Sutta, <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.92</c> it is said that Kāḷasilā was also the residence of some Nigaṇṭhas.<br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/24.995666,85.416756">24.995666,85.416756</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: feature)<br> </deftext>
(fem, fem, comp) name of an ascetic's haunt on Mount Isigili [lit.] black rock Construction: kāḷa + silā