Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.425
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.425
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v2.c35.425
Vanavāsa.—A district, probably Northern Kanara, in South India. After the Third Council, Rakkhita Thera was sent there to convert the people, and he preached the Anamatagga Samyutta poised in mid-air. It is said that sixty thousand persons embraced the faith, thirty-seven thousand joined the Order, while fifty vihāras were established in the country.¹