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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.136

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.136

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### [v2.c27.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.136)

\*\*Pacchimadesa, Pacchimadisā, Pacchimapassa.\*\*—A province in Ceylon, probably in the west.¹ In the province was the \*\*Vallipāsāṇa-vihāra\*\*, residence of \*\*Mahā-Nāgasena\*\*.² ¹ Cv. xliv. 88 f.; but see Cv. \*Trs.\* i. 82, n. 4. ² MT. 552.

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