[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.c12.3465 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.3465 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.3465 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.3465](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3465) The Commentaries give two reasons for the name Kosambī. The more favoured¹⁵ is that the city was so called because it was founded in or near the site of the hermitage once occupied by the sage Kusumba (\*v.l.\* Kusumbha). Another explanation is¹⁶ that large and stately margossa-trees (\*Kosambarukkhā\*) grew in great numbers in and around the city. - [Previous: v1.c12.3464](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3464) - [Next: v1.c12.3466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3466) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3465](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.3465) · Pramāṇa