Pubbakoá¹á¹hakÄ
A bathing place in SÄvatthi, near the MigÄramÄtupÄsÄda, and therefore to the east of the city. Mention is made (A.iii.345) of the Buddha having bathed there. It was evidently extensive, for Pasenadi’s state elephant Seta also bathed there to the accompaniment of music. The Commentary calls it (AA.ii.668) a nadÄ«. The bathing place was probably near the Pubbakoá¹á¹haka (? Eastern Gatehouse) of SÄvatthi, where the Buddha is said to have stayed. S.v.220; the bathing place seems also to have been called Pubbakoá¹á¹haka. Nearby was the hermitage of the brahmin Rammaka (M.i.161).
Public bathing places were generally near the city gates.
Details of this are given at MA.i.370f. There were four bathing places: for the king, for the people, for the Buddha, and the Saá¹…gha.
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