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Akkhakkhāyika
PlaceDuṭṭhagāmaṇī の治世中、Sri Lanka の Koṭṭa 山地地方で起きた飢饉で、他に食べる物がなく食された akkha の実にちなんで名付けられた
A famine in the mountain region of Koṭṭa in Sri Lanka during Duṭṭhagāmaṇī’s reign, named after the akkha nuts eaten for lack of other food.
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