Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2359

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Mahimsaka.—A kingdom mentioned in the Saṅkhapāla Jātaka as being near Mount Candaka. There lived the Bodhisatta, in a hermitage on the bend of the river Kaṇṇapaṇṇā, where it left Lake Saṅkhapāla.¹ Keka is mentioned as the capital of Mahimsaka, where a king named Ajjuna once ruled²; also a city, called Sakuḷa, capital of King Sakuḷa. Near Sakuḷa was a lake, called Mānusiya.³ In the Bhimasena Jātaka⁴ the Bodhisatta is mentioned as living for some time in Mahimsaka in his birth as Cūḷadhanuggaha-paṇḍita. Mahimsaka is mentioned⁵ as an example of a country where cold weather frequently occurs.