Pācīnakhaṇḍarājī untranslated

Pācīnakhaṇḍarājī. A district in Ceylon near Cittapabbata in which was the Vettavāsavihāra, given by Aggabodhi II. to the Kaliṅga minister who was ordained by Jotipāla Thera (Mhv.xxiii.4; see Mhv.Trs.155, n.3 and Cv.Trs.i.71, n.2, Cv.xlii.48). The road to the district lay to the south of Anurādhapura, past the Potters’ Village. The Visuddhimagga (p.90) speaks of it as a prosperous place.

The Aṅguttara Commentary (AN­a.ii.489; also DN­a.iii.1010) has a story of a monk of the vihāra who was a paṁsukulika and became an Arahant.