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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.712

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.712

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7. Kapila.—A city, called Kapilanagara, capital of Pañcālaraṭṭha. This city once had Cūḷani-Brahmadatta as its king.¹ Perhaps it is this city that is mentioned in the *Dīpavamsa*² as having been the capital of Abhītatta (*v.l.* Ajitajina) and his eighty-four thousand descendants.