[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.c27.92 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c27.92 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c27.92 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c27.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.92) Paccantajanapada.—In the texts contrast is often drawn between the Paccantajanapada and the Majjhimadesa. In the latter the fortunate ones are born, and it is a great disadvantage to be born outside it; for, then, the possibilities of hearing of the Buddha and his teaching become remote.¹ The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given in several places, and the Paccantajanapada lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahāsālā; in the south-east, the river Salalavatī; in the west, Setakaṇṇikā; in the west, Thūna; and in the north, Usiraddhaja (pabbata).² The Vinaya rules were relaxed in the case of those who lived in the Paccantajanapada, where it is said that the Buddha never spent a night.³ - [Previous: v2.c27.91](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.91) - [Next: v2.c27.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.93) - [Up: v2.c27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c27.92) · Pramāṇa