[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.c31.329 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.329 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.329 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c31.329](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.329) ¹ Vin. i. 197; J. i. 49, 80; Mbv. 12; Dvy. (21 f.) extends the eastern boundary to include Puṇḍavardhana, roughly identical with North Bengal. It is interesting to note that in early Brahminical literature (e.g. the Dharmaśūtra of Baudhāyana), Āryāvarta, which is practically identical with what came to be called Madhyadeśa, is described as lying to the east of the region where the Sarasvatī disappears, to the west of the Kāḷakavana, to the north of Pāripātra, and to the south of the Himālaya. This excludes the whole of Magadha (Bau-dhāyana i. 1, 2, 9, etc.). It is also noteworthy that in the Commentaries the Majjhimadesa is extended to include the whole of Jambudīpa, the other continents being Paccantima-janapadā. The term came also to be used in a generic sense. Thus, in Ceylon (Tambapaṇṇidīpa) Anurādhapura came to be called the Majjhimadesa (AA. i. 165). - [Previous: v2.c31.328](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.328) - [Next: v2.c31.330](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.330) - [Up: v2.c31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31) ## Cites (6) - [Jātakatthavaṇṇanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka!jatakatthavannana*cst.0.384) — Pāli - [Mahāvagga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.vp.khandhaka.mahavagga.5.13.9.8) — Pāli - [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.divyavadana.21) — Sanskrit - [Baudhāyanadharmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.dharma.baudhayana.1.1.2.9) — Baudhāyana, Sanskrit - [Jātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.jataka) — Pāli - [Mahābodhivaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.mahabodhivamsa) — Upatissa (Mahābodhivaṃsa), Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.329](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.329) · Pramāṇa