缅甸（尤指其沿海地区）的巴利语称呼，与斯里兰卡在宗教及贸易上往来密切，曾因外交侮辱而遭波罗迦摩巴忽一世（Parakkamabāhu I）派兵征讨。

The Pāli name for Burma, particularly its maritime provinces, which maintained close religious and trade ties with Sri Lanka and was once the target of a punitive naval expedition under Parakkamabāhu I after a diplomatic insult.