Geography of Early Buddhism c12.3

c12.3

Hamsāvatī. Some of the Therīs whose verses are preserved in the Therīgāthā were born in the city of Hamsāvatī. The names of those therīs are: Dhammadinnā, Ubbiriyā and Selā (Therī G.C., pp. 15, 53, 61). It is difficult to identify Hamsāvatī with any known locality in India though it is generally known that there was a place somewhere in India. There was also a city of this name in Lower Burma, and the city is said to be identical with Pegu.