Historical Geography of Ancient India c8.519

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c8.519

Vaiśālī owes its name to its being Viśāla or very large and wide in area. According to the *Rāmāyaṇa* (Ch. 47, vv. 11, 12) it was founded by a son of Ikṣvāku and a heavenly nymph Alambuṣā; after his name Viśāla, the city itself came to be called Viśālā. The *Viṣṇu Purāṇa* (Wilson, Vol. III, p. 246) states that Triṇabindu had by Alambuṣā a son named Viśāla who founded this city.

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Viṣṇupurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit