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Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA brahmin village in the Kosala country. It was while staying in the woodland thicket (vanasanda) there that the Buddha preached the Ambattha Sutta (D.i.87). From this sutta, the village would seem to have been near Pokkharasadis domain of Ukkattha. It was the residence of Mahasala brahmins. The Sutta Nipata (p.115) (which spells the name as Icchanankala) mentions several eminent brahmins who lived there, among them Canki, Tarukkha, Pokkarasati, Janussoni and Todeyya.
There were also two learned youths, Vasettha and Bharadvaja at Icchanankala, who, finding it impossible to bring their discussion to a conclusion, sought the Buddha, then staying in the village. Their interview with the Buddha is recorded in the Vasettha Sutta (Ibid., 115ff.; M ii.146ff). Buddhaghosa (SnA.ii.462) says that learned brahmins of Kosala, deeply versed in the Vedas, were in the habit of meeting together from time to time (once in six months, MA.ii.796) at Icchanangala in order to recite the Vedas and discuss their interpretation. These brahmins met at Ukkattha, under Pokkharasati, when they wished to cleanse their caste (jatisodhanattham), and at Icchanankala in order to revise their Vedic hymns (mante sodhetu kama), MA.ii.796.
According to the Samyutta Nikaya (v.325), the Buddha once stayed for three months in the jungle thicket at Icchanangala, in almost complete solitude, visited only by a single monk who brought him his food. But from the Anguttara Nikaya (iii.30f.; cf. iii.341 and iv.340ff), it would appear that the Buddha was not left to enjoy the solitude which he desired, for we are told that the residents of Icchanangala, having heard of the Buddhas visit, came to him in large numbers and created a disturbance by their shouts. The Buddha had to send Nagita, who was then his personal attendant, to curb the enthusiasm of his admirers.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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