[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.c23.158 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c23.158 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c23.158 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c23.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.158) \*\*Dantapura.\*\*—Capital of the Kalinga country, reigned over by King Sattabhu, contemporary with Reṇu.¹ Other kings mentioned are Nālikīra² and Karaṇḍu.³ The city is mentioned also in the Kurudhamma Jātaka,⁴ the Cullakāliṅga Jātaka, and the Kāliṅgabodhi Jātaka (\*q.v.\*). The left eye-tooth of the Buddha was in Dantapura until taken to Ceylon by Dantakumāra. It had been handed over by Khema Thera⁵ to Brahmadatta, king of Dantapura. - [Previous: v1.c23.157](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.157) - [Next: v1.c23.159](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.159) - [Up: v1.c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.158](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c23.158) · Pramāṇa