[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.c29.259 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.259 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.259 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c29.258](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.258) - [Next: v2.c29.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.260) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c29.259) · Pramāṇa