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	==Location==		==Location==
	Some say that Pipphalivana probably lay between Rummindei ([[Lumbini]]) in the [[Terai\|Terai region]] of [[Nepal]] and Kasia in the modern-day [[Gorakhpur district]].<ref name="geo"/> The town is identified with Nyagrodhavana (banyan grove), a village in [[Gorakhpur district]] which contained the famous Embers' ''[[stupa]]'' and was mentioned by [[Xuanzang\|Hiuen Tsang]].<ref name="~~geo~~"/><ref name="~~republic~~"/> [[Faxian\|Fa-Hien]] tells us that the stupa lay four ''[[yojana]]s'' to the east of the [[Anoma River\|river Anoma]] and twelve ''[[yojana]]s'' to the west of [[Kushinagar\|Kusinara]].<ref name="republic"/><ref name="cun"/>		Some say that Pipphalivana probably lay between Rummindei ([[Lumbini]]) in the [[Terai\|Terai region]] of [[Nepal]] and Kasia in the modern-day [[Gorakhpur district]].<ref name="geo"/> The town is identified with Nyagrodhavana (banyan grove), a village in [[Gorakhpur district]] which contained the famous Embers' ''[[stupa]]'' and was mentioned by [[Xuanzang\|Hiuen Tsang]].<ref name="republic"/><ref name="geo"/> [[Faxian\|Fa-Hien]] tells us that the stupa lay four ''[[yojana]]s'' to the east of the [[Anoma River\|river Anoma]] and twelve ''[[yojana]]s'' to the west of [[Kushinagar\|Kusinara]].<ref name="republic"/><ref name="cun"/>

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==

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'''Pipphalivana''' was the capital of the [[Moriya (tribe)|Moriya republic]], a [[Gaṇasaṅgha|gana- sangha]] of the [[Mahajanapadas|Mahajanapada]] period.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hazra |first1=Kanai Lal |title=Royal Patronage of Buddhism in Ancient India |date=1984 |publisher=D.K. Publications |isbn=978-0-86590-167-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ooUEAAAAYAAJ&q=pipphalivana |language=en}}</ref><ref name="republic">{{cite book |title=Republics in ancient India |publisher=Brill Archive |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcoUAAAAIAAJ&dq=pipphalivana&pg=PA224 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="geo">{{cite book |last1=Kapoor |first1=Subodh |title=Encyclopaedia of Ancient Indian Geography |date=2002 |publisher=Cosmo Publications |isbn=978-81-7755-299-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8897ridkczoC&dq=pipphalivana&pg=PA536 |language=en}}</ref> The 7th century CE Chinese pilgrim [[Xuanzang]] later referred to it by the name of Nyagrodhavana.<ref name="cun">{{cite book |last1=Cunningham |first1=Sir Alexander |title=The Ancient Geography of India: I. The Buddhist Period, Including the Campaigns of Alexander, and the Travels of Hwen-Thsang |date=1871 |publisher=Trübner and Company |pages=430–433 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yH9Xef_vm1EC |language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Sharma|1968|p=219-224}}{{sfn|Sharma|1968|p=219-224}}<ref name="geo"/>

Buddhist texts like the ''[[Dīgha Nikāya]]'' and [[Buddhavaṃsa]] suggest that Pipphalivana was the chief town and capital of the Moriyas.

==Location==
Some say that Pipphalivana probably lay between Rummindei ([[Lumbini]]) in the [[Terai|Terai region]] of [[Nepal]] and Kasia in the modern-day [[Gorakhpur district]].<ref name="geo"/> The town is identified with Nyagrodhavana (banyan grove), a village in [[Gorakhpur district]] which contained the famous Embers' ''[[stupa]]'' and was mentioned by [[Xuanzang|Hiuen Tsang]].<ref name="geo"/><ref name="republic"/> [[Faxian|Fa-Hien]] tells us that the stupa lay four ''[[yojana]]s'' to the east of the [[Anoma River|river Anoma]] and twelve ''[[yojana]]s'' to the west of [[Kushinagar|Kusinara]].<ref name="republic"/><ref name="cun"/>

==Etymology==
A tradition explains that the Moriyas took refuge in a ''pipphalivana'' (grove of pepper trees) and founded the city there, though it is unrealistic.<ref name="republic"/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
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* {{cite book |last=Sharma |first=J. P. |author-link= |date=1968 |title=Republics in Ancient India, C. 1500 B.C.-500 B.C. |url= |location=[[Leiden]], Netherlands |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|E. J. Brill]] |page= |isbn=978-9-004-02015-3 }}
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