[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.c33.347 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c33.347 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c33.347 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c33.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.347) Rājagaha was one of the six chief cities of the Buddha’s time,¹⁹ and as such, various important trade routes passed through it. The road from Takkasilā to Rājagaha was one hundred and ninety-two leagues long and passed through Sāvatthi, which was forty-five leagues from Rājagaha. This road passed by the gates of Jetavana.²⁰ The Parāyana Vagga²¹ mentions a long and circuitous route, taken by Bāvari’s disciples in going from Patiṭṭhāna to Rājagaha, passing through Māhissati, Ujjeni, Gonaddha, Vedisā, Vanasavhaya, Kosambī, Sāketa, Sāvatthi, Setavyā, Kapilavatthu, Kusinārā, on to Rājagaha, by way of the usual places (see below). From Kapilavatthu to Rājagaha was sixty leagues.²² From Rājagaha to Kusinārā was a distance of twenty-five leagues,²³ and the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta²⁴ gives a list of the places at which the Buddha stopped during his last journey along that road—Ambalaṭṭhikā, Nālandā, Pāṭaligāma (where he crossed the Ganges), Koṭigāma, Nādikā, Vesāli, Bhaṇḍagāma, Hatthigāma, Ambagāma, Jambugāma, Bhoganagara, Pāvā, and the Kaṭuttha River, beyond which lay the Mango grove and the Sāla grove of the Mallas. From Rājagaha to the Ganges was a distance of five leagues, and when the Buddha visited Vesāli at the invitation of the Licchavis, the kings on either side of the river vied with each other to show him honour.²⁵ The distance between Rājagaha and Nālandā is given as one league, and the Buddha often walked between the two.²⁶ - [Previous: v2.c33.346](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.346) - [Next: v2.c33.348](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.348) - [Up: v2.c33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33) ## Cites (4) - [Mahāvastu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.buddhacarita-works.mahavastu.1.253) — Sanskrit - [Mahāparinibbānasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.16.5.18.1) — Pāli - [Suttanipāta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.suttanipata) — Pāli - [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.avadanasamgraha.divyavadana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.347](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c33.347) · Pramāṇa