Candabhāgā untranslated

Candabhāgā 01. A river in India. It was the third river crossed by Mahā Kappina and his wife on their way from their own country, in the north-west, to Sāvatthī (Thag­a.i.508). The river was one league deep and one wide (Dhp­a.ii.120) and eighteen leagues in length, with a rapid current (DN­a.iii.877, 878). On its bank was a large banyan-tree where the Buddha awaited Kappina’s arrival (AN­a.i.177; SN­a.ii.179). The Milinda (p.114) mentions it as one of the ten important rivers flowing from the Himālaya. The name is evidently old, as it occurs in several ancient legends (e.g., Ap.i.75; Thag­a.i.390; Thīg­a.9, etc.).

The Candabhāgā is generally identified with the Chenab (the Akesines of the Greeks). But see Brethren, 255, n.1.

Candabhāgā 02. A canal constructed by Parakkamabāhu I., flowing through the centre of the Lakkhuyyāna. Cv.lxxix.48.