Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2799

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Kusāvātī.—A city in the kingdom of the Mallas. In the present age it was called Kusinārā. Once it was the royal city of Mahā-Sudassana and was twelve leagues in length and twelve in breadth, prosperous and full of people, like Āḷakamandā.¹ It was then at the head of eighty-four towns.² The Mahā-Sudassana Sutta³ contains a long description of the city. It was the capital of several kings of the Mahāsammata dynasty,⁴ including Okkāka, father of Kusa.⁵