<b> <c c="#a00149">Mithilā</c> </b> <br>The capital of the Videha country. The city was very ancient, and, according to the Mahāgovinda Sutta, <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.235</c> was founded by Mahāgovinda, steward of King Reṇu.<br>It was also the capital of Makhādeva <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.ii.72f.</c> and eighty four thousand of his descendants.<br>The Buddha is mentioned as having stayed in Mithilā and having preached there the Makhādeva Sutta <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.ii.74</c> and the Brahmāyu Sutta. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.ii.133</c> <br>It was also in Mithilā that the Therī Vāsetthī <c c="#3b6bd3">Thig.135</c> first met the Buddha and entered the Order, after having heard him preach.<br>Mithilā is generally identified with Janakapura, a small town within the Nepal border, north of which the Mazaffarpur and Darbhanga districts meet.<br> <br>Location: <iref href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/26.712222, 85.921667">26.712222, 85.921667</iref> (Precision: 1, Type: town)<br> </deftext>
(fem, fem) name of a town; capital of the Videha country name of a town; capital of the Videha country