The name given to the inhabitants of Pává - e.g., Páveyyaká Mallá (E.g., D.ii.165).
Pává was evidently a centre of Buddhist activity even during the lifetime of the Buddha, and mention is made of Páveyyaka monks in the Vinaya (E.g., Vin.i.253). During the time of the Vajjiputta heresy, it was the Páveyyaká who upheld the true doctrine, their leaders being Revata, Sambhúta Sánavásí, Yasa Kákandakaputta and Sumana (Vin.ii.301ff.; Mhv.iv.17ff). In this connection the Páveyyaká are also described as "Pacchimiká" in opposition to the Vajjiputtakas who are called "Pácínaká."
It is explained (E.g., MT.166) that the Páveyyaká were called "Pacchimiká" because they lived to the west. West of Kosala, according to Buddhaghosa, on Mahá Vagga (vii.1.).
The Burmese MSS. seem to spell Páveyyaká as Pátheyvaká.