Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.146

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.146

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v2.c27.146

Pajjaraka.—The name of a disease which afflicted Abhayapura (capital of Ceylon) in the time of Kakusandha Buddha. It was due to the influence of the yakkha Puṇṇakāla. Kakusandha visited the Island to dispel the disease. It is defined as an uṇhasīsābādha.¹

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