Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1108
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.1108
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v2.c35.1108
2. Viñjha, Viñjhāṭavī.—The Vindhyā mountains and the forests surrounding them, through which lay the road from Tāmalitti to Pāṭaliputta. Along this road Asoka travelled bearing the Bodhi-tree.¹ This was also the road leading from Ceylon to Pāṭaliputta.² Near the forest was a great monastery from which sixty thousand monks, led by Uttara, went to attend the Foundation Ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa.³ At the foot of the mountain was a market town named Muṇḍa.⁴ The forest was the abode of petas.⁵