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Dighanakha also established their headquarters at this place. Moliyasivaka and Sabhiya are said to have met the Buddha here. The Anguttara Nikāgal refers to Annabhāra Sarabha and others as staying in the Parivrājakārāma on the bank of the Sappiniyā river. Anugāra and Varadhara are mentioned as staying at Moranivāpa Parivrājakārāma in Rājagriha which had several delightful spots like Veluvana, Ghijjhakūța mountain, Moranivāpa, the Parivrājakārāma on the bank of the Sappiniyā river, Tapodārāma, Jivaka's Āmravana, Sítavana, Maddakuchchi,, and so on which were resorted to by a large number of Parivrājakas. These had made Rajagriha famous as a halting place for the wandering monks.
. There was another pleasant and delightful Asrama at Uruvela on the bank of the river Nerañjara. Pavārika's mango grove at Nalanda, Ghaggara Pokkharani at Champā, Mahā. vana near Vaiśālī, Mallikārāma in Śrāvasti, and others were important places meant for the Pariurajakas during this period. Vachchhagotta stayed at Vaiśālī in the Pundarska Parivrājakārāma. Jambukhādaka is known to have met Säriputta at Nálakagāma (in Magadha) and Ukkavela (in Vajji). Ugghamāņa had seven hundred Parivrājakas under him. The leaders of the Brāhmaṇa ascetics were known as the Ganasatthâs.3
Besides these, other parivrājakas too have been mentioncd. 4
Charaka : It is said that they begged alms while moving in company and kept on moving even while cating. They accepted cleansed alms and put on a lion-cloth. It is said that these mendicants were the direct descendants of Kapilamuni, 5
Chirika : They picked up rags from the road side.
Chainmakhandia : They cither wore a dress of hide or else tlicir religious requisites were made of hide. 1. Angu. II, 29, 176. 2. Majjh, II, 22.29. 3. Ja, 11,2 4, , 20; Nara Ti. 15. 5. Papa, Ti, II, 20 p. 405; also ichi, p. 26.3. 6. The Dicha, I, p. 166 also mentions such ascetics.
