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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c22.7

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c22.7

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v1.c22.7

1. **Thullakoṭṭhita.**—A township in the Kuru country. It was the birthplace of Raṭṭhapāla, and it was there that the Buddha stayed during a tour among the Kurus.¹ It received its name from the fact of its granaries being always full (*thullakoṭṭham, paripuṇṇakoṭṭhāgāram*). It had plenteous crops.²