Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.147

v1.c8.147

**Indapatta (Indapattana, Indapattha).**—A town in the Kuru country. In the *Kurudhamma Jātaka*,¹ Dhanañjaya Koravya (*q.v.*), is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Añjanavasabha, the elephant of wondrous power. The town was seven leagues in extent² and there was a road that ran straight from Indapatta to Bārāṇasī.³ In times past, Indapatta was considered one of the three chief cities of Jambudīpa, the others being Uttarapañcāla and Kekaka.⁴ According to a verse found at the end of the *Buddhavamsa*,⁵ the Buddha’s razor and needle were enshrined at Indapatta.