Mañjerika
PersonA vast Nāga kingdom, residence of the Nāga king Mahākāḷa, where the urn of the Buddha’s relics from Rāmagāma came to rest until Soṇuttara retrieved it for enshrinement in the Mahā Thūpa.
The name of the Nāga kingdom (Nāgabhavana).
It is five hundred leagues in extent and is the residence of Mahākāḷa, the Nāga king (J.i.72; J.vi.264; BuA.239).
When the urn containing the Buddha’s relics, deposited in Rāmagāma, was washed away, it was taken to the Mañjerika Nāgabhavana, and remained there until taken by Soṇuttara to be enshrined in the Mahā Thūpa. Mhv.xxxi.27; see also J.R.A.S. 1885, p.220.
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