6. Mahālisutta

brāhmaṇadūtavatthuvaṇṇanā

[359] Evamme sutaṃ .pe. Vesāliyanti mahālisuttaṃ. Tatrāyaṃ anupubbapadavaṇṇanā. Vesāliyanti punappunaṃ visālabhāvūpagamanato vesālīti laddha- nāmake nagare. Mahāvaneti bahinagare himavantena saddhiṃ ekābaddhaṃ hutvā ṭhitaṃ sayaṃjātavanaṃ atthi, yaṃ mahantabhāveneva mahāvananti vuccati, tasmiṃ mahāvane. Kūṭāgārasālāyanti tasmiṃ vanasaṇḍe saṃghārāmaṃ patiṭṭhapesuṃ, tattha kaṇṇikaṃ yojetvā thambhānaṃ upari kūṭāgārasālāsaṅkhepena devavimānasadisaṃ pāsādaṃ akaṃsu, taṃ upādāya sakalopi saṃghārāmo "kūṭāgārasālā"ti pañyāyittha. Bhagavā taṃ vesāliṃ upanissāya tasmiṃ saṃghārāme viharati. Tena vuttaṃ "vesāliyaṃ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyan"ti.