A city (nagara) in Mahāgāma, over which Gāmaṇi-Abhaya (afterwards Duṭṭhagāmaṇī) was appointed chief soon after his birth (MT. 443).

A story is related (AA.ii.522) of a hunter of Vaḍḍhamāna who, in the name of his dead kinsman, gave alms to a wicked monk. Three times he did this, until the spirit of the hungry ghost (peta) cried out against it. He then gave alms to a good monk. The ghost benefited by his gift.