[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) › v2.c27.146 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.146 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.146 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c27.145](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.145) - [Next: v2.c27.147](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.147) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahāvaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahavamsa) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.146](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.146) · Pramāṇa