Geography of Early Buddhism c12.62.3

c12.62.3

for it is described therein to have contained within it an excellent golden casket in which had been placed the lock of hair of prince Siddhārtha which he had cut off with a sharp sword, and which had been taken by Sakka.¹ The same authority refers also to the Kalyāṇi, Thūpa, and Thūpārāma cetiyas of Ceylon.² The Thūpa cetiya from its very name seems to have been a stūpa or dagoba shrine; whereas the Thūpārāma, again from its very name, was most probably a vihāra shrine. In the Manorathapūraṇī reference is made to two cetiyas, the Ākāsa cetiya (i.e., the cetiya erected by Inda, in the sky on the hair of the Bodhisatta cut off on the bank of the river Anomā) and the Mahācetiya worshipped by a minister.³ Both the shrines seem to refer to stūpas or dagobas. The Cūḷavaṃsa also refers to a large number of cetiyas of Ceylon.