Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.43
Geography of Early Buddhism c7.s1.43
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Dasārna. In the Mahāvastu the traditional list of the sixteen Mahājanapadas is referred to, but the names of the countries are not given. But a long list of countries is given in connection with the In the Mahāparinibbāna Suttanta (DN., II, p. 123) and in the Samyutta Nikāya (IV, p. 109) mention is made of Hatthigāma. It was in the Vajji country. From the Mahāparinibbāna Suttanta we know that the Buddha in course of his journey from Rājagaha to Kusinārā passed through Hatthigāma.
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- Vesālīsutta — Pāli
- Mahāvastu — Sanskrit