Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c31.741
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c31.741
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v2.c31.741
When Mandhātā went to the deva-world he was accompanied by inhabitants of all the four continents. After his return to earth, however, the Cakkaratana stuck fast in the ground, and the others could not return to their homes. They thereupon begged for the intervention of the minister (Parināyaka), who was carrying on the government with Mandhātā’s shoes on the throne. He gave them lands in Jambudipa. There those who came from Pubba-Videha called their land Videharaṭṭha; those from Apara-goyāna called it Aparantajanapada, and those from Uttarakuru dwelt in what afterwards came to be known as Kururaṭṭha.⁹