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# Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.628

Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.628

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### [v2.c31.628](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c31.628)

Madhurā is sometimes referred to as Uttara-Madhurā, to distinguish it from a city of the same name in South India. Thus, in the Vimānavatthu Commentary,¹⁰ a woman of Uttara-Madhurā is mentioned as having been born in Tāvatiṃsa as a result of having given alms to the Buddha.

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