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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.466

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.466

- **Language:** English

### [v2.c31.466](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.466)

Maṇḍadīpa.—The name of Ceylon in the time of Kassapa Buddha; its capital was Visālā and its king Jayanta. The Mahāmeghavana was called Mahāsāgara.¹

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