[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.c31.2359 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.2359 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.2359 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.2359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2359) 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. - [Previous: v2.c31.2358](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2358) - [Next: v2.c31.2360](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2360) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2359](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.2359) · Pramāṇa