1. Viñjha. See Vijjha.
2. Viñjha, Viñjhátavi. The Vindhyá mountains and the forests surrounding them, through which lay the road from Támalitti to Pátaliputta. Along this road Asoka travelled bearing the Bodhi tree (Mhv.xix.6; Dpv.xvi.2). This was also the road leading from Ceylon to Pátaliputta (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 Mahá Thúpa (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, Viñjhátavi is described as agámakam araññam.
The forest was the abode of petas. See, e.g., PvA. 43, 192, 244.