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Viñjha 01. See Vijjha.

Viñjha 02. Viñjhāṭavi. The Vindhyā mountains and the forests surrounding them, through which lay the road from Tāmalitti to Pāṭaliputta. Along this road Asoka travelled bearing the Bodhi-tree (Mhv.xix.6; Dpv.xvi.2). This was also the road leading from Ceylon to Pāṭaliputta (Dpv.xv.87). Near the forest was a great monastery from which sixty thousand monks, led by Uttara, went to attend the Foundation Ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa (Mhv.xx.ix.40). At the foot of the mountain was a market town named Muṇḍa. Dhp­a.iv.128; elsewhere, however e.g. Vin-a.iii.655, Viñjhāṭavi is described as agāmakaṁ araññaṁ, (an unpopulated wilderness). The forest was the abode of Petas. See, e.g., Pv-a. 43, 192, 244.