[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.c35.53 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c35.53 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c35.53 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.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. - [Previous: v2.c35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.52) - [Next: v2.c35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.54) - [Up: v2.c35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c35.53) · Pramāṇa