Paccantajanapada
Paccantajanapada:In the texts contrast is often drawn between the Paccantajanapada and theMajjhimadesa.In the latter the fortunate ones are born,and it is a great disadvantage to be born outside it; for,then,the possibilities of hearing of the Buddha and his teaching become remote (E.g.,DhA.iii.248,489; KhA.133).
The boundaries of the Majjhimadesa are given in several places,and the Paccantajanapada,lies beyond these boundaries.They are:in the east,Kajangala andMahāsālā; in the south east,the riverSalalavatī; in the south,Setakannikā; in the west,Thūna; and in the north,Usīraddhaja (pabbata) (Vin.i.197; J.i.49; cp.Dvy.21f).
The Vinaya rules were relaxed in the case of those who lived in the Paccantajanapada,where it is said that the Buddha never spent a night.MA.ii.982.