Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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Pācīnakā
By this name are described the Vajjiputtaka monks who raised the Ten Points which occasioned the Second Council (Mhv.iv.47,48).
They were so called because they belonged to the East (MT.165,166).
Source
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Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from
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