[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v1.c10.76 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c10.76 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v1.c10.76 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c10.76) \*\*Ekanāḷika.\*\*—A famine that broke out in Ceylon during the time of King \*\*Kuñcanāga\*\*. The people were reduced to very little food, but the king maintained, without interruption, a great alms-giving (\*mahāpeḷā\*) appointed for five hundred monks.¹ - [Previous: v1.c10.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c10.75) - [Next: v1.c10.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c10.77) - [Up: v1.c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c10.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v1.c10.76) · Pramāṇa