Der Buddha goes mit Ananda on sein begging round in Vesāli und, after the meal, rests at the Cāpāla Cetiya. There der Buddha sings the praises of Vesāli und declares that, if he would, he could live for a whole kappa. Ananda does not act on the hint. When Ananda leaves him, Māra asks that der Buddha should die, as sein Schüler have been fully trained. Der Buddha agrees, und declares that he will die in drei Monate time. S.v.258ff; the incident is auch given in D.ii.102ff und Ud.vi.1.