Aggivessana

name of a Brahman family clan

mentioned 309 times in the Pāḷi canon and commentaries.

Often named with

• Gotama (37)
• Saccaka (14)
• Jayasena (4)
• Khara (4)
• Āḷāra (3)
• Kālāma (3)
• Vesālī (3)
• Aciravata (2)
• Assaji (2)
• Gosāla (2)
• Licchavi (2)
• Mahāvana (2)
• Makkhali (2)
• Nanda (2)
• Nāṭaputta (2)
• Nigaṇṭha (2)
• Rāma (2)
• Rāmaputta (2)
• Saṃkicca (2)
• Udaka (2)

Mentioned in

• Dīghanikāya · Sīlakkhandhavaggapāḷi: 2
• Majjhimanikāya · Mūlapaṇṇāsapāḷi: 205
• Majjhimanikāya · Majjhimapaṇṇāsapāḷi: 12
• Majjhimanikāya · Uparipaṇṇāsapāḷi: 45
• Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesapāḷi: 2
• Dīghanikāya · Mahāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 6
• Majjhimanikāya · Mūlapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā: 22
• Majjhimanikāya · Majjhimapaṇṇāsa-aṭṭhakathā: 3
• Saṃyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvagga-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Aṅguttaranikāya · Pañcaka-chakka-sattakanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Khuddakanikāya · Itivuttaka-aṭṭhakathā: 3
• Khuddakanikāya · Suttanipāta-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇi-aṭṭhakathā: 1
• Abhidhammapiṭaka · Sammohavinodanī-aṭṭhakathā: 5

Others of this name

• Aggivessana: Probably the name of a Brahmin clan, the Agniveśyāyanas, and the Kṣatriyas who were so styled, took the name from their Brahmin Purohitas (Further Dialogues, i.162 n).