Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.259

v2.c29.259

In the past, Bārāṇasī was the birthplace of Kassapa Buddha.³² In the time of Metteyya Buddha, Bārāṇasī will be known as Ketumatī, at the head of eighty-four thousand towns. Saṅkha will be Cakkavatti there, but he will renounce the world and will become an arahant under Metteyya.³³ Bārāṇasī evidently derives its name from the fact that it lies between the two rivers Barṇā and Asi.³⁴