[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.c35.425 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.425 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.425 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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 - [Previous: v2.c35.424](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.424) - [Next: v2.c35.426](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.426) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.425](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.425) · Pramāṇa