[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.c12.2972 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.2972 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.2972 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.2972](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2972) 1. Ketumatī.—The future name of Bārāṇasī. It will be at the head of eighty-four thousand towns, the capital of the Cakkavatti Saṅkha and the birthplace of the Buddha Metteyya.¹ 2. Ketumatī.—A river in the Himālaya region. Vessantara, with his wife and children, had a meal on its banks, bathed and drank in the river, and from there went to Nālikā.¹ - [Previous: v1.c12.2971](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2971) - [Next: v1.c12.2973](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2973) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2972](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.2972) · Pramāṇa