[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.c12.2799 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2799 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2799 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2799) 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 - [Previous: v1.c12.2798](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2798) - [Next: v1.c12.2800](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2800) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2799](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2799) · Pramāṇa