[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.c12.3446 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3446 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3446 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.3446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3446) \*\*Kosambī.\*\*—The capital of the \*\*Vatsas\*\* or \*\*Vaṃsas\*\*.¹ In the time of the Buddha its king was \*\*Parantapa\*\*, and after him reigned his son \*\*Udena\*\* (\*q.v.\*).² \*\*Kosambī\*\* was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha for we find \*\*Ānanda\*\* mentioning it as one of the places suitable for the Buddha's \*Parinibbāna\*.³ It was also the most important halt for traffic coming to \*\*Kosala\*\* and \*\*Magadha\*\* from the south and the west.⁴ The city was thirty leagues by river from \*\*Benares\*\*,⁵ and the usual route from \*\*Rājagaha\*\* to \*\*Kosambī\*\* was up the river,⁶ though there seems to have been a land route passing through \*\*Anupiya\*\* and \*\*Kosambī\*\* to \*\*Rājagaha\*\*.⁷ In the \*Sutta Nipāta\*⁸ the whole route is given from \*\*Mahissati\*\* to \*\*Rājagaha\*\*, passing through \*\*Kosambī\*\*, the halting-places mentioned being \*\*Ujjeni\*\*, \*\*Gonaddha\*\*, \*\*Vedisa\*\*, \*\*Vanasavhya\*\*, \*\*Kosambī\*\*, \*\*Sāketa\*\*, \*\*Sāvatthi\*\*, \*\*Setavyā\*\*, \*\*Kapilavatthu\*\*, \*\*Kusinārā\*\*, \*\*Pāvā\*\*, \*\*Bhoganagara\*\* and \*\*Vesālī\*\*. - [Previous: v1.c12.3445](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3445) - [Next: v1.c12.3447](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3447) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3446](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3446) · Pramāṇa