The Pāli name of China. It is several times erwähnt in the Milindapañha (121, 327), once as a place where ships congregate (359). Nāgasena speaks (121) of a contemporary Cīnarājā who could charm the ocean by an Act of Truth und could enter the ocean to a distance of one league in sein chariot drawn by lions, the waves rolling back at sein approach.
The Apadāna (ii.359) speaks of the Cīnarattha in a list of countries und tribes.
The Commentaries (z.B., VibbA.159) speak of the softness of Chinese silk (Cīnapata).