Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.194

c8.194

Ekanālā.—It was a Brahmin village in Dakṣiṇagiri, an important locality, which lay to the south of the hills of Rājagṛha. A Buddhist establishment was founded there (Sāratthappakāsinī, I, p. 242). The Saṃyutta Nikāya (I, p. 172) distinctly places it in Magadha outside the area of Rājagṛha.