Medataḷumpa untranslated

Medataḷumpa. A Sākyan village three leagues from Naṅgaraka (MN.ii.119). Pasenadi when staying there with Dīgha Kārāyaṇa, heard that the Buddha was there and visited him. On this occasion was preached the Dhammacetiyasutta (q.v.). This was the last time that Pasenadi saw the Buddha.

The Dhammapada Commentary, however, in its record (Dhp­a.i.356) of the king’s visit, calls the place Uḷumpa. On the other hand, the Majjhima Commentary (MN­a.ii.753) confirms the reading Medataḷumpa, and says that it was so-called because medavaṇṇa-stones were visible there on the surface of the earth (medavaṇṇā pāsāṇā kirettha ussannā ahesuṁ, tasmā Medataḷumpan-ti sankhaṁ gataṁ).