[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.c36.4696 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.4696 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c36.4696 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c36.4696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4696) Suvaṇṇabhūmi is generally identified with Lower Burma, probably the Pagan and Moulmein districts. It probably included the coast from Rangoon to Singapore. The chief place in Suvaṇṇabhūmi was \*\*Sudhammanagara\*\*—\*i.e.\*, Thaton—at the mouth of the Sittaung River.⁸ Fleet suggests,⁹ however, that it might be the district in Bengal called by Hiouen Thsang “Ka-lo-na-su-fa-la-na” (Karṇasuvarṇa), or else the country along the river Son in Central India, a tributary of the Ganges, on the right bank of the river which is also called Hiraṇyavāha. The probability is that there were two places of the same name, one originally in India itself and the other in Further India. \*cf.\* \*\*Sunāparanta\*\*. - [Previous: v2.c36.4695](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4695) - [Next: v2.c36.4697](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4697) - [Up: v2.c36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4696](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c36.4696) · Pramāṇa