Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.53
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.53
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v2.c35.53
Vaṅga, Vaṅga.—The name of a people and their country, the modern Bengal. It is nowhere mentioned in the four Nikāyas, nor included among the Mahājanapadas. The mother of Sīhabāhu and Sīhasivalī was a Vaṅga princess, the daughter of the Vaṅga king who had married the daughter of the king of Kaliṅga.¹ The Milinda² mentions Vaṅga as a trading-place to be reached by sea.