[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.c6.63 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c6.63 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c6.63 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.63) Akkhakkhāyika.—A famine in the mountain-region of Koṭṭa in Ceylon, during the reign of Duṭṭhagāmiṇi. The king sold his earrings and procured a meal for five khīṇāsava theras.¹ The famine was so called because nuts called akkha (Terminalia Bellerica) were eaten, which at other times were used as dice. In the Aṭṭhakathā, quoted by the Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā,² the famine is called Pāsānachātaka. - [Previous: v1.c6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.62) - [Next: v1.c6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.64) - [Up: v1.c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c6.63) · Pramāṇa