<b> <c c="#a00149">Sītavana</c> </b> <br>A grove near Rājagaha where Anāthapiṇḍika first met the Buddha. When Anāthapiṇḍika approached it, he was filled with fear and trembling. But he was reassured by a friendly Yakkha, Sīvaka. <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.155f.</c> When the Buddha was staying there, Māra asked him to die. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.116</c> <br>In the Sītavana was the Sappasoṇḍikapabbhāra, <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.i.210f.</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.ii.76</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iv.159</c> where Upasena was killed by a snake bite <c c="#3b6bd3">SN.iv.40</c> and Soṇa Koḷivisa tried, without success, to practise asceticism. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.iii.374</c> <br> Sambhūta Thera so loved the Sītavana that he came to be called “Sitavaniya.<br>Ekavihāriya is also mentioned its delighting in the solitude of Sītavana. <c c="#3b6bd3">Thag.540</c> <br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/near Rājagaha">near Rājagaha</iref> (Precision: 3, Type: park)<br> </deftext>
(nt, nt, comp) name of a forest [lit.] cold wood Construction: sīta + vana