Paccantajanapada untranslated

Paccantajanapada. In the texts contrast is often drawn between the Paccantajanapada and the Majjhimadesa. In the latter the fortunate ones are born, and it is a great disadvantage to be born outside it; for, then, the possibilities of hearing of the Buddha and his teaching become remote (e.g., Dhp­a.iii.248, 489; Khp­a.133).

The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given in several places, and the Paccantajanapada, lies beyond these boundaries. They are: in the east, Kajaṅgala and Mahā Sālā; in the south-east, the river Salaḷavatī; in the south, Setakaṇṇikā; in the west, Thūna; and in the north, Usīraddhaja (Usīraddhajapabbata) (Vin.i.197; Ja.i.49; cp. Divy.21f).

The Vinaya rules were relaxed in the case of those who lived in the Paccantajanapada, where it is said that the Buddha never spent a night. MN­a.ii.982.