Vaṅgā
Place오늘날의 벵골로 비정되는 방가족의 나라로, 칼링가 왕과 결혼하여 시하바후와 시하시왈리의 조모가 된 방가 공주의 모국이며, 『밀린다왕문경』에는 바닷길로 도달할 수 있는 무역항으로 기록되어 있다.
The name of a people and their country, the modern Bengal.
It is nowhere mentioned in the four Nikāyas, nor included among the sixteen great countries (Mahājanapada).
The mother of Sīhabāhu and Sīhasīvalī was a Vaṅga princess, the daughter of the Vaṅga king who had married the daughter of the king of Kāliṅga (Mhv.vi.1 ff; Dpv.ix.2).
The Milindapañha(p.359) mentions Vaṅga as a trading place to be reached by sea.
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