緬甸（尤指其沿海地區）的巴利語稱呼，與斯里蘭卡在宗教及貿易上往來密切，曾因外交侮辱而遭波羅迦摩巴忽一世（Parakkamabāhu I）派兵征討。

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.