[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.c35.1108 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.1108 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.1108 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.1108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c35.1107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1107) - [Next: v2.c35.1109](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1109) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.1108) · Pramāṇa