Vaṅgā
PlaceСтрана народа ванга, отождествляемая с современной Бенгалией, родина принцессы Ванги, вышедшей замуж за царя Калинги и ставшей бабушкой Сихабаху и Сихасивали, отмеченная в Милиндапаньхе как торговый порт, куда добираются морем.
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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