カリンガ国の首都で、複数の王が次々と統治し、仏陀の左目の犬歯舎利がスリランカに持ち去られるまで保管されていた場所。

The capital of the Kāliṅga country, ruled in turn by several kings, where the Buddha’s left eye-tooth relic was kept until it was taken to Sri Lanka.