Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.1312

v2.c27.1312

Pācīnavamsa(miga)dāya.—A park in the Cetiya-kingdom.¹ The Buddha visited it during his tours, and once, while staying there with Meghiya, the latter stopped in a mango-grove in the village of Jantugāma, refusing to go any farther.² The park lay between Bālakaloṇakāragāma and the Pārileyyakavana.³ Anuruddha, Nandiya and Kimbila were living there during the time of the quarrel of the monks at Kosambī, and the Buddha visited them on his way to Pārileyyaka.⁴ It was there that Anuruddha became an arahant.⁵ Buddhaghosa explains⁶ that the park was so called because it was to the east of where the Buddha lived (?) and it was covered with green bamboos.