Viñjha
Viñjha:1.Viñjha.See Vijjha.
2.Viñjha,Viñjhātavi. The Vindhyā mountains and the forests surrounding them,through which lay the road from Tāmalitti to Pātaliputta.Along this road Asoka travelled bearing the Bodhi tree (Mhv.xix.6; Dpv.xvi.2).This was also the road leading from Ceylon to Pātaliputta (Dpv.xv.87).Near the forest was a great monastery from which sixty thousand monks,led by Uttara,went to attend the Foundation Ceremony of the Mahā Thūpa (Mhv.xx.ix.40).At the foot of the mountain was a market town named Munda.DhA.iv.128 ; elsewhere,however e.g.Sp.iii.655,Viñjhātavi is described as agāmakam araññam.
The forest was the abode of petas.See,e.g.PvA.43,192,244.