[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.c35.216 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.216 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.216 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.216) Vajji.—The name of a country and of its people. It was one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas (\*q.v.\*). The inhabitants appear to have consisted of several confederate clans¹ of whom the Licchavī (\*q.v.\*) and the Videhā (\*q.v.\*) were the chief. As time went on the Licchavī became the most powerful of these clans (\*Licchavī Vajjiratthavāsīhi pasatthā\*),² and the names Vajji and Licchavī were often synonymous.³ Vesālī was the capital of the Licchavis and Mithilā of the Videhas. In the time of the Buddha, both Vesālī and Mithilā were republics, though Mithilā had earlier been a kingdom under Janaka. - [Previous: v2.c35.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.215) - [Next: v2.c35.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.217) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.216) · Pramāṇa