Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.2114

v2.c35.2114

¹⁶ J. i. 504; cf. i. 389. Perhaps these three walls separated the three districts of Vaiśālī mentioned in the Tibetan Dulva (Rockhill, p. 62); Hoernle (*Uvāsagadasāo* Translation ii., p. 4, n. 8) identifies these three districts with the city proper, Kuṇḍapura and Vāṇiyagāma, respectively these three districts with the city proper, Kuṇḍapura and Vāṇiyagāma, respectively mentioned in the Jaina books. Buddhaghosa says (e.g., Sp. ii. 393) that Vesāli was so called because it was extensive (*visālībhūtattā Vesāli ti uccati*); cf. UdA. 184 (*tikkhattum visālābhūtattā*); and MA. i. 259.