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अग्निभाण्ड (agnibhANDa)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
अग्नि—भाण्ड
n.
the vessel for the Aupāsana fire,
HirP.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
Agnibhāṇḍa, n. of a people, among whom Buddha made a ‘descent from the gods’
this event is otherwise always located at Sāṃkāśya, q.v., which is mentioned two lines above in Mmk but seems to be definitely not the place meant here: (bahutīrthāyatanāṃ sthānāṃ saṃpratoṣya tadā punaḥ, ) Agnibhāṇḍe jane kṛtvā devāvataraṇaṃ śubham Mmk 〔582.(25—)26〕.