[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.c21.1 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c21.1 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c21.1 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.1) Ṭaṅkitamañca.—A place near Gayā. It was the residence of the Yakkha Suciloma and the Buddha once stayed there.¹ The Sutta Nipāta Commentary² explains that Ṭaṅkitamañca was at Gayātittha, and that it was a stone-bed (\*pāsāṇamañca\*) formed by a stone set on the top of four other stones. The Saṃyutta Commentary³ says it was either a house (\*geha\*) so-formed, or a long bed made with supports inserted under the legs of the bedstead and placed in the temples of the gods. - [Previous: v1.c20.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c20.55) - [Next: v1.c21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.2) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21) ## Cites (2) - [Suttanipāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.suttanipata) — Pāli - [Saṃyuttanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.samyutta) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c21.1) · Pramāṇa