Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c16.253

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1. Candabhāgā.—A river in India. It was the third river crossed by Mahā Kappina and his wife on their way from their own country, in the north-west, to Sāvatthi.¹ The river was one league deep and one wide² and eighteen leagues in length, with a rapid current.³ On its bank was a large banyan-tree where the Buddha awaited Kappina's arrival.⁴ The Milinda⁵ mentions it as one of the ten important rivers flowing from the Himālaya. The name is evidently old, as it occurs in several ancient legends.⁶