A village in Magadha, mentioned, together with Dígharájí, as the residence of the Samsáramocaka heretics. Near by was the Árunavatívihára, where Sáriputta once stayed with a company of monks. The village had retained its name for five hundred years (PvA.67).
The Petavatthu (pp.12-13) contains the story of a woman of Itthakávati who was born as a peta.