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Mahisamaṇá¸ala


A country, converted by the Thera MahÄdeva, who taught there the DevadÅ«ta Sutta (Mhv.xii.4, 29; Dpv. viii.5; Sp.i.63).

The country is generally regarded as the modern Mysore. v.l. Mahimsamaṇá¸ala.

However, see J. R.A.S.1910, 429ff., where the author says that MÄhissati was its capital and that it was an island in the NarbadÄ River; see also Mhv.Trs.84, n.5.


Dictionary of PÄli Proper Names • G.P. Malalasekera

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