Known in Pali as Uruvela, Urubilvā is another name for Gayā. The Buddha inspired a group of one thousand dreadlocked ascetics to join his order of monks and ordained them there. Also spelled Uruvilvā.

A place near Bodhgaya.

Known in Pali as Uruvela, Uruvilvā is another name for Gayā. The Buddha inspired a group of one thousand dreadlocked ascetics to join his order of monks and ordained them there. Also spelled Urubilvā.

Not far from Bodhimaṇḍa, it was the place where a thousand long-haired ascetics went forth in the Buddha’s following, among them Uruvilvā Kāśyapa.