Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.3567

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4. Assaka.—The country of Assaka is one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas mentioned in the Aṅguttara Nikāya.¹ It does not, however, occur in the list of twelve countries given in the Janavasabha Sutta.² The Assakas are said to have had settlements on the Godāvarī, and Bāvarī’s hermitage³ was in their territory, in close proximity to the Aḷaka or Muḷaka (the district round Paithan).⁴