Mahiṁsaka untranslated

Mahiṁsaka, Mahiṁsakaraṭṭha, Mahiṁsakamaṇḍala. A kingdom mentioned in the Saṅkhapālajātaka (Ja 524) as being near Mount Candaka. There lived the Bodhisatta, in a hermitage on the bend of the river Kaṇṇapaṇṇā, where it left Lake Saṅkhapāla (Ja.v.162). Keka is mentioned as the capital of Mahiṁsaka, where a king named Ajjuna once ruled (Ja.v.145); also a city, called Sakula, capital of King Sakula. Near Sakula was a lake, called Mānusiya (Ja.v.337). In the Bhīmasenajātaka (Ja 80, Ja.i.356) the Bodhisatta is mentioned as living for some time in Mahiṁsaka in his birth as Cūḷa Dhanuggaha paṇḍita. Mahiṁsaka is mentioned (e.g., Vibh-a.4) as an example of a country where cold weather frequently occurs. The country is generally identified with Malayagiri, the Malabar Ghats. See also Mahisamaṇḍala.