Vaṅgā
Place凡伽人之国，即今日之孟加拉；狮子臂与狮子悉婆利的外祖母出自此地的凡伽公主，嫁与羯陵伽国王，《弥兰陀王问经》亦提及此地为海路可达的贸易港。
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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