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Indapatta (Indapattana, Indapattha).-
A town in the Kuru country. In the
Kurudhamma Jātaka (J.ii.365f; also J. iii.400; iv.361; v.457; vi.255; Cyp.i.3,
v.1), Dhanañjaya Koravya, is mentioned as its king and as the owner of Añjanavasabha, the elephant of wondrous power.
The town was seven leagues in extent
(J.v.57; 484) and there was a road that ran straight from Indapatta to Bārānasī
(J.v.59).
In times past, Indapatta was considered
one of the three chief cities of Jambudīpa, the others being
Uttarapañcāla and
Kekaka (J.ii.213, 214).
According to a verse found at the end of
the Buddhavamsa (Bu.xxviii.11), the Buddha's razor and needle were enshrined at
Indapatta.
The modern Delhi stands on the site of
Indapatta.

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