Aggivessana
Probably the name of a brahmin clan, the AgnivesyÄyanas, and the Ksatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their brahmin purohitas (Further Dialogues, i.162 n).
The name is used by the Buddha in addressing Saccaka NiganthÄputta (M.i.229f; 237f), and also DÄ«ghanakha ParibbÄjaka (M.i.497f).
In the Dantabhūmi Sutta (M.iii.128f) the novice Aciravata is thus addressed by Prince Jayasena, who visits him, and also by the Buddha.
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