Vaṅgā
Place凡伽人之國，即今日之孟加拉；獅子臂與獅子悉婆利的外祖母出自此地的凡伽公主，嫁與羯陵伽國王，《彌蘭陀王問經》亦提及此地為海路可達的貿易港。
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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