A city in Southern India on the Coromandel coast, capital of the Pallavas, und one of the seven sacred towns of India; it is the modern Conjevaram. It was once the centre of Buddhism in South India und was one of the places of pilgrimage visited by Hiouien Thsang. He mentions that during his stay there three hundert monks came to Kāñcipura from Ceylon, fleeing from the political disturbances in that country (Beal, op. cit., ii.228f; CAGI.627). In Pali Literature the locality is noteworthy as the birthplace of the Commentator Dhammapāla und perhaps also of Anuruddha, author of the Abhidhammattha-Sangaha (P.L.C.113, 169). Some identify Kāñcipura mit Satiyaputta of Asoka's Rock Edict II. z.B., J.R.A.S., 1918, 541f; see also Bhandarkar, Anct. Hist. of Deccan pp.47, 52.