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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.712

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.712

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### [v1.c12.712](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.712)

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.

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