[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.c12.925 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c12.925 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c12.925 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c12.925](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.925) Even in Buddhaghosa’s day the name of the township had two different spellings, and two etymologies are suggested for the names.⁸ The place was called Kammāsadhamma because it was here that the man-eating ogre, Kammāsapāda (q.v.) was tamed and civilised by the Bodhisatta. (Kammāso ettha damito ti, Kammāsadhammam-Kammāso ti Kammāsapādo porisādo vuccati.) The spelling Kammāsadhamma is explained on the ground that the people of the Kuru country had a code of honour called the Kuruvattadhamma; it was here that Kammāsa (already referred to) was converted and made to accept this code, hence the name of the township. (Kururaṭṭhavāsīnaṃ kira kuruvattadhammo, tasmim Kammāso jāto, tasmā taṃ ṭhānaṃ “ Kammāso ettha dhamme jāto” ti Kammāsadhammam ti vuccati.) - [Previous: v1.c12.924](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.924) - [Next: v1.c12.926](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.926) - [Up: v1.c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.925](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c12.925) · Pramāṇa