Kaṇṇakujja untranslated

Kaṇṇakujja. A district in Jambudīpa; it is mentioned in a list of places passed by the Buddha on his way from Verañjā to Bārāṇasī, across the Ganges, the route passing through Verañjā, Soreyya, Saṅkassa, Kaṇṇakujja, Payāgatittha, here crossing the river to Benares (Vin.iii.11). It may have been the very road followed by Revata when going from Saṅkassa to Sahajāti, this road passing through Kaṇṇakujja, Udumbara, and Aggaḷapura (Vin.ii.299).

In the Dīpavaṁsa (iii.26; Mhv­ṭ. (82) calls it Kaṇṇagotta) the city is called Kaṇṇagoccha, and is said to have been the capital of nine kings of the Mahā Sammata race, the last king being Naradeva.

According to Xuanzang, the distance from Saṅkassa to Kaṇṇakujja was two hundred li, or thirty-three miles, in a north-west direction. Faxian gives the distance as forty-nine miles (Buddhist Records, p.205; Giles, p.47. For a descriptive account see CAGI.433ff; see also Mhv.ii.442f.; 459f.; 485 and iii.16, 34).

According to the Buddhavaṁsa Commentary (p.193), it was at Kaṇṇakujja that Phussa Buddha first preached to his two chief disciples. Again (Bv­a.210), it was at the gates of Kaṇṇakujja that Kakusandha Buddha showed the Twin Miracle.