[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c12.2625 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2625 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2625 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2625](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2625) \*\*Kuru.\*\*—A country, one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas.¹ Frequent references to it are found in the Pāli Canon. It is said that Kuru was originally the name of the chieftains (\*rājakumārā\*) of the country and that their territory was later named after them. Buddhaghosa² records a tradition which states that, when Mandhātā returned to Jambudīpa from his sojourn in the four Mahādīpas and in the devalokas, there were in his retinue a large number of the people of Uttarakuru. They settled down in Jambudīpa, and their settlement was known as Kururaṭṭha. It had many towns and villages. - [Previous: v1.c12.2624](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2624) - [Next: v1.c12.2626](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2626) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2625](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2625) · Pramāṇa