Vaṅgā
Place現代のベンガルと同定されるヴァンガー人の国で、カリンガ王と結婚しシーハバーフとシーハシーヴァリーの祖母となったヴァンガー姫の母国であり、『ミリンダ王問経』では海路で到達できる貿易港として記されている。
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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