Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera
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Ekanāḷa
A brahmin village near Dakkhiṇagiri, to the south of Rājagaha. Once, during the eleventh year of his ministry, the Buddha visited the village and taught Kāsī-Bhāradvāja the sutta that bears his name and which converted him to the faith (Sn.pp.12 ff; SnA.i.136; S.i.172 ff).