[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.c36.1989 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.1989 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.1989 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.1989](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.1989) We also learn from the Visuddhimagga⁵ that the distance from Sāketa to Sāvatthi was seven leagues (yojanas), and there we are told that when the Buddha, at the invitation of Cūla-subhaddā, went from Sāvatthi to Sāketa, he resolved that the citizens of the two cities should be able to see each other. In the older books,⁶ however, the distance is given as six leagues. The town lay on the direct route between Sāvatthi and Patiṭṭhāna, and is mentioned⁷ as the first stopping-place out of Sāvatthi. The distance between the two places could be covered in one day, with seven relays of horses,⁸ but the books contain several references⁹ to the dangers of the journey when undertaken on foot. The road was infested with robbers, and the king had to maintain soldiers to protect travellers. - [Previous: v2.c36.1988](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.1988) - [Next: v2.c36.1990](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.1990) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.1989](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.1989) · Pramāṇa