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Mahāpapāta

A mountain in the Himālaya where all Pacceka Buddhas die.

When the time comes for a Pacceka Buddha to die, he goes there, throws into the precipice below the bones of the Pacceka Buddha who died last, and then sits down on the special seat to die himself. SNA.i.129.

Source
Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from
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