Jetavana

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Jetavana (lit. 'Jeta's grove') or Jethavanārāma (lit. 'Jetavana Monastery') was one of the most famous of the vihāras (Buddhist monasteries) in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India. It was the second vihāra donated to the Buddha after the Venuvana in Rajgir. The monastery was given to him by his chief male patron, Anathapindika. Jetavana is located just outside the old city of Savatthi. There was also an important vihāra named Jetavana in Sri Lanka; the stupa of Jetavanaramaya is all that remains today. Jetavana was the place where the Buddha gave the majority of his teachings and discourses, having stayed at Jetavana nineteen out of 45 vassas (monsoon retreats), more than in any other vihāra. It is said that after the Migāramātupāsāda, a second vihara erected at Pubbarama close to Savatthi was built by the Buddha's chief female lay disciple, Visakha, the Buddha would dwell alternately between Jetavana and Migāramātupāsāda, often spending the day in one and the night in the other (SNA.i.336).