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The corpus record — Pali

nigamaṁ

Nigama

a small town market town (opp. janapada); often combined with gāma (see gāma 2) Vin.i.110 (˚sīma), Vin.i.188 (˚kathā), Vin.i.197 (Setakaṇṇika˚); DN.i.7 (˚kathā), DN.i.101 (˚sāmanta), DN.i.193 , DN.i.237 ; MN.i.429 , MN.i.488 ; Pv.ii.13#18 ; Ja.vi.330 ; Pv-a.111 (Asitañjana˚, variant reading BB nagar

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Where it lives

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

a small town market town (opp. janapada); often combined with gāma (see gāma 2) Vin.i.110 (˚sīma), Vin.i.188 (˚kathā), Vin.i.197 (Setakaṇṇika˚); DN.i.7 (˚kathā), DN.i.101 (˚sāmanta), DN.i.193, DN.i.237; MN.i.429, MN.i.488; Pv.ii.13#18; Ja.vi.330; Pv-a.111 (Asitañjana˚, variant reading BB nagara). Cp. negama.

Sk. nigama, fr. nigacchati = a meeting-place or market, cp. E. moot-hall = market hall

In the wild

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