[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.c8.147 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c8.147 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c8.147 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v1.c8.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.146) - [Next: v1.c8.148](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.148) - [Up: v1.c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c8.147) · Pramāṇa