[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.c27.862 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.862 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.862 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.862) \*\*Payāga, Payāgatittha, Payāgapaṭiṭṭhāna.\*\*—A ford on the Ganges, on the direct route from Verañjā to Benares, the road passing through Soreyya, Saṅkassa and Kaṇṇakujja, and crossing the Ganges at Payāga.¹ It was one of the river-ghats where people did ceremonial bathing to wash away their sins.² It was here that the palace occupied by Mahāpanāda (\*q.v.\*) was submerged. The Buddha passed it when visiting the brahmin Nanduttara, and Bhaddaji, who was with him, raised the palace once more above the water. Bhaddaji had once been Mahāpanāda.³ Buddhaghosa says⁴ the bathing-place was on the spot where the palace stairs had stood. Reference is made to Payāga even in the time of Padumuttara Buddha.⁵ It is identified with the modern Allahabad, at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā. - [Previous: v2.c27.861](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.861) - [Next: v2.c27.863](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.863) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.862](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.862) · Pramāṇa