The grove presented by Ambapālī to der Buddha und the Order. It was in Vesāli und was given to der Buddha during seinlast tour in that town, at the conclusion of the meal to which Ambapālī had invited ihm (Vin.i.231-3). But both der Buddha und the Mönche seem to have stayed there previously during their visits to Vesāli (thus according to D.ii.94 der Buddha was already in the grove before Ambapālī visited him; siehe auch S.v.301, which must refer to an incident before der Buddha's last tour, because Sāriputta was still alive).
Der Buddha is stated to have preached drei suttas in the grove, two of them being on the value of the satipatthānā (S.v.141ff). In the third sutta (A.iv.100-6) he dwells on the impermanence of all sankhāras und proceeds to describe the process by which the whole world will ultimately be destroyed by sieben suns arising in the world und drying everything up. In this sutta appears auch the story of the teacher Sunetta, who, even after becoming the Great Brahma, is yet subject to old age und death.
The Samyutta auch records a conversation that took place zwischen Anuruddha und Sāriputta during a stay in Ambapālivana (S.v.301).
The grove was planted mit mangoes und was so called because it belonged to Ambapālī. DA.ii.545.