Pāli Dictionary

Jantugāma

Place

Also known as Janagāma

A village near Cālikā, close to the Kimikālā river, where the monk Meghiya once went for alms while attending the Buddha.

v.l. Janagāma.– A village near Cālikā; close by was the river Kimikālā with the mango-grove on its banks.

Meghiya, while staying with the Buddha at Cālikā, once went to Jantugāma for alms (A.iv.354; Ud.iv.1).

The Aṅguttara Commentary (AA.i.163) says the village was in Pācīnavaṃsadāya. UdA.217.

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