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This article is about the Buddhist site in Uttar Pradesh. For other uses, see Pava (disambiguation).
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Pāvā (now Fazilnagar)[1][better source needed] was an important city of the Malla tribe of ancient India at the time of the Haryanka dynasty of Magadha. It is located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Kushinagar in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Buddhist history

When the Buddha reached his eightieth year, he felt that his time in this world was approaching an end. At that time, according to the Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (Sutta 16 of the Dīgha Nikāya), he and some of his disciples undertook a months-long journey that would take them from Rājagṛha, through Pāṭaliputta, Vesāli, Bhoganagara, and Pāvā, to their final destination at Kuśinagara.[2] It was at Pāvā that Cunda, a resident of Pāvā, invited the group to a meal that featured a food called sukaramaddava. This would prove to be the Buddha's last meal, as he was afflicted by a painful illness resembling dysentery soon after consuming the meal.[3] It was on this occasion that the Cunda Sutta (AN 6:46) was preached.[4] At that time, the Mallas had just completed their new meeting hall. Upon their invitation, the Buddha consecrated it by first occupying it and then preaching in it. After the Buddha had finished speaking, one of his leading disciples, Śāriputra, recited the Saṅgīti Sutta (DN 33) to the assembled monks. After the meal, the Buddha journeyed on to Kushinagar, crossing the Kakkuttha River on the way.[5] Soon after his arrival in Kushinagar, the Buddha attained parinirvana. After the Buddha's cremation, the Mallas of Pāvā claimed a share in his relics. A Brahmin named Drona satisfied their claim, and a stupa was erected in Pāvā over their share of the relics.[6]

Jainist history

Besides being a center of Buddhists, Pāvā was also a center of Jainism. The Pasādika Sutta (DN 29) [7] records the Buddha at Pāvā at the time the leader of the Jains attained parinirvana: "Once the Lord was staying among the Sakyans (at Pāvā) ... in the mango-grove belonging to the Vedhanna family (the Samagama). At that time the Nigantha Nātaputta (or Mahāvīra, the leader of the Jains) had just died ... And at his death the Niganthas (Jains) were split into two parties ...".[8]

References

  1. ^ "Pava". Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta (DN 16), translated from the Pali by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu". Dīgha Nikāya of the Pali Canon. dhammatalks.org. 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  3. ^ "The Buddha's Last Meal". Life of the Buddha. Tullera, NSW, Australia: Buddha Dharma Education Association. 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Cunda Sutta (AN 6:46), translated from the Pali by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu". Abhidhamma Piṭaka of the Pali Canon. dhammatalks.org. 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.
  5. ^ D.ii.126 ff.; Ud.viii.5; the road from Pāvā to Kushinagar is mentioned several times in the mss. Vin.ii.284; D.ii.162.
  6. ^ D.ii.167; Bu.xxviii.3
  7. ^ D.iii.210
  8. ^ D.ii.117f; M.ii.243f

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