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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1300

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.1300

- **Language:** English

### [v2.c27.1300](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.1300)

Pācīnadīpa.—An island off the coast of Ceylon. While on a journey there in order to eat \*jambu\*-fruit, Saṅghatissa was killed by the enraged islanders.¹ The Mahāvaṃsa Ṭīkā explains² that it was situated in the sea off Mahātittha, in which case it is one of the islands between the north point of Ceylon and the Indian continent.³

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